New Delhi: Senior IPS officer Nehchal Sandhu
was on Friday appointed the new Director of Intelligence Bureau
succeeding Rajiv Mathur, who retires on December 31.
The order was issued by the Government after the
Appointments Committee of Cabinet headed by Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh cleared the name of 58-year-old Sandhu for the
top post.
The order said that Sandhu, a 1973-batch IPS officer of
Bihar cadre, will assume the office of Intelligence Bureau
chief on January one, 2011 for a period of two years.
A recipient of Indian Police Medal in 1988 and
President's Police's Medal in 1998, Sandhu brings with himself
a vast experience in countering insurgency and terrorism.
He will be succeeding Mathur who completes his tenure of
two years on December 31 this year.
The Government had decided on fixing the tenure of
Intelligence Bureau chiefs for a period of two years due to
operational reasons.
PTI
First Published: Friday, November 26, 2010, 20:51