Dinkar Gupta to retire on March 31, Maharashtra ATS chief to be new NIA DG

Mumbai: Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Sadanand Vasant Date has been appointed as the Director General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The personnel department has issued an order in this regard.

Date is a 1990-batch Indian Police Service officer of Maharashtra cadre. His tenure will remain till his retirement on December 31, 2026. He will succeed Dinkar Gupta, who is due to retire on March 31.

Rajiv Kumar Sharma, a 1990-batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre, has been appointed as the Director General of Bureau of Police Research and Development. His tenure will be till his retirement on June 30, 2026. Sharma will succeed Balaji Srivastava, whose term ends at the end of March. Piyush Anand will be the new chief of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).