Y.C. Modi is new NIA chief
Monday - September 18, 2017 12:46 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Y.C. Modi is new NIA chief
New Delhi Sep 18 (IANS) Senior IPS officer Y.C. Modi will be the new chief of the NIA -- the premier anti-terror investigation agency.
The decision was taken on Monday by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet following a Home Ministry proposal. Modi will succeed Sharad Kumar who retires on October 30.
Modi a 1984 Assam-Meghalaya cadre IPS officer takes over the National Investigation Agency at a time when it is probing the funding of separatists and stone-pelters in Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistan-based terrorist groups.
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