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J-K vigilance chief is new NIA head
New Delhi, Jan 15 (PTI) Radha Vinod Raju, Special Director General of Police in the border Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, was Thursday appointed as Director General of the newly established National Investigation Agency (NIA).
A 1975-batch IPS officer, 59-year-old Raju, who heads
the vigilance department in the militancy-hit state, will be
the head of the NIA till January 31, 2010, an official
spokesperson said.
He was selected for the coveted post considering his wide
knowledge and experiences in investigating high-profile cases,
including assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram recommended Raju's
name which was signed by Appointments Committee of Cabinet
headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has
issued orders relieving Raju so as to enable his deputation to
the Centre. He was to retire on July 31, this year.
Raju, who has served in various capacities in Central
Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and returned to his parent cadre
after being promoted as Additional Director in the
investigating agency, also had a stint in the vigilance
department.
Serving as head of the Vigilance Bureau in Jammu and
Kashmir earlier, Raju streamlined the department which was in
shackles due to the ongoing militancy.
The government had also sought views on it from various
investigating and intelligence agencies, including the CBI,
Intelligence Bureau and newly constituted National Technical
Research Organisation (NTRO).
A Bill for the formation of the much-talked about
National Investigation Agency was cleared by Parliament in
December last year.
As per the proposal, NIA will have concurrent
jurisdiction which empowers the Centre to probe terror 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.
The organisations, from which views have been elicited,
have favoured an Indian Police Service official to head NIA.
The ground staff of the agency in the national capital
could be drawn from existing central staff and security
organisations while in the states, permanent deputation from
the state police could be taken, they said. PTI SKL
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A 1975-batch IPS officer, 59-year-old Raju, who heads
the vigilance department in the militancy-hit state, will be
the head of the NIA till January 31, 2010, an official
spokesperson said.
He was selected for the coveted post considering his wide
knowledge and experiences in investigating high-profile cases,
including assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram recommended Raju's
name which was signed by Appointments Committee of Cabinet
headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has
issued orders relieving Raju so as to enable his deputation to
the Centre. He was to retire on July 31, this year.
Raju, who has served in various capacities in Central
Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and returned to his parent cadre
after being promoted as Additional Director in the
investigating agency, also had a stint in the vigilance
department.
Serving as head of the Vigilance Bureau in Jammu and
Kashmir earlier, Raju streamlined the department which was in
shackles due to the ongoing militancy.
The government had also sought views on it from various
investigating and intelligence agencies, including the CBI,
Intelligence Bureau and newly constituted National Technical
Research Organisation (NTRO).
A Bill for the formation of the much-talked about
National Investigation Agency was cleared by Parliament in
December last year.
As per the proposal, NIA will have concurrent
jurisdiction which empowers the Centre to probe terror 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.
The organisations, from which views have been elicited,
have favoured an Indian Police Service official to head NIA.
The ground staff of the agency in the national capital
could be drawn from existing central staff and security
organisations while in the states, permanent deputation from
the state police could be taken, they said. PTI SKL
DEP
NNNN
