Senior Indian Police Service officer N.R. Wasan, presently the second in-command in the National Investigation Agency, has been granted the post of Special Director-General.
Mr. Wasan, a 1980-batch officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre, has earlier served the Central Bureau of Investigation in various capacities and is now with the Central agency that has been probing several sensitive cases pertaining to national security.
After the former NIA chief, Sarat C. Sinha, had joined the National Human Rights Commission, Mr. Wasan was given the charge of NIA Director-General till the appointment of the present NIA chief Sharad Kumar.
