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Tapan Kumar Deka made IB chief, Samant Goel gets another year as R&AW chief

Deka, who has been handling the operations wing of the IB, takes over as the new chief for two years

Tapan Kumar Deka, Intelligence Bureau chief
Tapan Kumar Deka. Photo: Twitter
Press Trust of India New Delhi
1 min read Last Updated : Jun 25 2022 | 1:38 AM IST

Senior IPS officer Tapan Kumar Deka was on Friday appointed Intelligence Bureau chief, replacing Arvind Kumar whose extended tenure ends on June 30.

Deka, who has been handling the operations wing of the IB, takes over as the new chief for two years, according to an official order issued by the Personnel Ministry. He is

a 1988 batch officer from the Himachal Pradesh cadre.

The tenure of Samant Goel, who has been heading the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), has been extended by one more year, the ministry said in another order.

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Topics :intelligence agenciesR&AWIAS IPS officers

First Published: Jun 24 2022 | 4:29 PM IST

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