L C Goyal takes over as Union Home Secretary
Goyal was the secretary in the rural development ministry.
The Narendra Modi government asked Anil Goswami to resign after he admitted to making a telephone call to the CBI on behalf of Congress leader Matang Sinh.
Sinh, a former union minister of state for home, was arrested last week in the Saradha chit fund scam.
Goswami's tenure was to end in July.
The home ministry has said Goswami has taken voluntary retirement from service.
Reports said the Prime Minister took strong exception to Goswami's action and decided to send out a message that his government stands for cleanliness.
Matang Sinh was arrested after he was called for questioning by CBI in Kolkata in connection with the Saradha scam in which scores of thousands of small investors in West Bengal and Odisha lost their deposits.
The CBI alleges there were large, unexplained transactions worth Rs. 30 crore between Sinh and Saradha.
Sinh used to own a television channel.,
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