NIA leadership change: Rakesh Aggarwal appointed as director general; tenure till Aug 2028

NEW DELHI: Senior Indian Police Service serviceman Rakesh Aggarwal was connected Wednesday appointed arsenic the manager wide of the National Investigation Agency (NIA).Aggarwal, a 1994-batch IPS serviceman of the Himachal Pradesh cadre, is presently serving arsenic Special Director General successful the anti-terror agency. He had besides been holding the further complaint of the DG, NIA, anterior to this ceremonial appointment.According to an bid issued by the unit ministry, the appointments committee of the Cabinet has approved Aggarwal’s assignment to the apical station of the NIA. His tenure arsenic manager wide volition proceed until August 31, 2028, which coincides with the day of his superannuation, arsenic per quality bureau PTI.The National Investigation Agency is India’s premier counter-terrorism probe assemblage and handles cases related to terrorism, nationalist information and different offences having cross-border implications. With his appointment, Aggarwal formally takes complaint of starring the NIA’s operational and investigative mandate for the remainder of his work tenure.