Centre's Plan With 2 Appointments At Intelligence Agencies
NDTV
Tapan Deka's appointment is being seen as a move by the Centre to appreciate operational ability as the 1988 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre officer was given the position bypassing senior officers.
The Narendra Modi government today appointed Tapan Deka as the new Director of Intelligence Bureau and rewarded Samant Goel by extending his tenure as the Secretary, Research and Analysis Wing for one more year.
Tapan Deka's appointment to India's domestic internal security and counter-intelligence agency is being seen as a move by the Centre to appreciate operational ability as the 1988 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre officer was given the position bypassing senior officers.
"He is totally a deserving officer and has a lot of operational expertise in dealing with not only Islamic terror but also Sikh militancy and radicalization," a former Director Of Intelligence Bureau told NDTV.
Described as a quiet unassuming officer, Tapan Deka currently heads the Operations desk of the Intelligence Bureau and has been tracking terrorists and religious radicalization for the past two decades. An expert on North-East, Mr Deka was hand-picked by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and sent to Assam after the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) violence in 2019.
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