New Delhi: Senior IPS officer Tapan Deka (HP: 88) has been appointed as the new IB chief. The tenure of IPS Samant Kumar Goel (PB: 84) as Secretary of RAW has been extended by one more year.
Bureaucracy: Senior IPS officer Tapan Kumar Deka appointed new Intelligence Bureau chief pic.twitter.com/aOdgXD1NKc
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IPS officer Tapan Deka was till now posted as Special Director in IB.
Tapan Deka hails from Tezpur in Assam and is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) Secretary Samant Goel has been given an extension for a period of one year till 30 June 2023. Samant Kumar Goel is a 1984 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre.