Senior IPS officer Rakesh Aggarwal appointed as interim chief of NIA

National desk:

Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued an order appointing senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Rakesh Aggarwal as the interim chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) following the government’s decision to prematurely repatriate incumbent Director General (DG) Sadanand Vasant Date to Maharashtra.  

Himachal Pradesh cadre IPS officer of 1994-batch Aggarwal is currently serving as Special DG in the NIA. He was appointed as the Special DG of the NIA on September 29, 2025, on an in-situ basis by temporarily upgrading his existing Additional Director General (ADG) post for two-year tenure or until further orders.