RAW chief gets one year extension, IB gets new chief

The appointment committee of the Cabinet on Friday extended the tenure of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief Samant Kumar Goel for one more year with effect from July 1.

New Delhi: The appointment committee of the Cabinet on Friday extended the tenure of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief Samant Kumar Goel for one more year with effect from July 1. Similarly, Tapan Deka, a 1988 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre, has been appointed as the new Intelligence Bureau (IB) chief. The current tenure of Goel, a 1984 batch IPS officer of the Punjab cadre is expiring on June 30.

This will be the second extension of Goel who has earlier got a one-year extension. "The appointment committee of the cabinet has approved the extension in service of Samant Kumar Goel, for a period of time year behind his present tenure up to June 30, 2023," a note of the appointment committee of the cabinet said. On the other hand, Tapan Deka who was earlier serving as special director of IB has been appointed as its new chief for a period of two years.

According to the appointment committee, Deka has been appointed as director IB upon completion of service of the present director Arvind Kumar on June 30, 2022. Deka was heading the counter-terror operation of the IB in Jammu and Kashmir. Amid the current targeted killing that has been taking place in Jammu & K Kashmir, Deka visited J&K for several times as directed by Home Minister Amit Shah.