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November 14, 2012

PMO looks for R&AW, IB chiefs


Vol. 6 | Issue 8 | November 2012
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PMO looks for R&AW, IB chiefs
 
Country’s two premier intelligence agencies, Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) and Intelligence Bureau of India (IB), are also looking for the new chiefs with the present IB Chief Nehchal Sandhu and R&AW chief Sanjiv Tripathi retiring on December 31. The top contenders to fill Sandhu’s post from within the IB are Special Directors V Rajgopal (1976 UT) and Yashowardhan Azad (1976 MP), an old IB hand and son of the former Bihar chief minister Bhagwat Jha Azad. Asif Ibrahim (1977 IPS), who served as a PA to late Madhavrao Scindia when he was Railway Minister, is also among the contenders. IB sources say that if he is selected for the job, he will supersede five officers. Another contender is Ram Niwas Gupta (1976 IPS), a Special Director in the IB. Azad seems to have an advantage over other contenders as he retires in 2014, after the others in the race like Rajgopal and Gupta...................READ MORE

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