NIA bosses should be from IPS,feel intel and security agencies

New Delhi, Dec 25 (PTI) The proposed National
Investigation Agency (NIA) should have Indian Police Services
(IPS) officers at the helm of affairs, according to
Intelligence and Security agencies whose views were sought by
the Union government.

With the Home Ministry redoubling its efforts to make the
NIA a reality as early as possible, Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI), Intelligence Bureau, other security
agencies and the newly constituted National Technical Research
Organisation (NTRO) have been approached for their opinion on
the structure of the new organisation, official sources said.

A bill for formation of the much-hyped National
Investigation Agency was cleared by the Parliament last week.
The NIA bill was passed in Lok Sabha on December 16 while
the Rajya Sabha passed it the next day.

The organisations, from whom views were elicited,
favoured Indian Police Service(IPS) officers to be at the
helm of affairs, the sources said.

Some organisations felt that the functioning of the
proposed NIA could be on the lines of the CBI and RAW, India's
external intelligence agency, the sources said.

The operational personnel in the national capital could
be drawn from existing central staff and security
organisations while in the states there could be permanent
deputation from the state police they said.

NIA will have concurrent jurisdiction which empowers the
central government to probe any attacks in any part of the
country, covering offences including challenge to the
country's sovereignty and integrity, bomb blasts, hijacking of
aircraft and ships and attacks on nuclear installations.
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