SHARAD KUMAR (IPS), EXTENSION APPROVED FOR ONE YEAR AS DG,NIA..

SHARAD KUMAR (IPS), EXTENSION APPROVED FOR ONE YEAR AS DG,NIA BY APPOINTMENT COMMITTEE

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the reappointment of Sharad Kumar, IPS (Retd.] (HY:1979) as Director General (DG), NIA for a period of one year w.e.f. 01.11.2016. The government on Friday decided to retain NIA chief Sharad Kumar for another year, with the appointments committee of the cabinet clearing his reappointment till October 31 next year.A government statement said the appointments committee of the cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with home minister Rajnath Singh as a member, approved the reappointment of Kumar as the director general of the NIA for a period of one year from November 1, 2016.During Kumar’s tenure, the NIA completed the probe into the 2008 Malegaon blast and trial in sensitive Hindu terror cases such as the Samjhauta Express blasts, and the Dargah Ajmer Sharif (both in 2007) is in the final stage now.