In a surprise move, senior IPS officer Ravi Sinha was appointed the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) principal moment, just a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s US visit.
Mr Sinha, a 1988 batch officer from Chhattisgarh would replace peremptory Samant Goel- a 1984 batch officer from Punjab Cadre.
“Sinha was firstly from Madhya Pradesh skeleton but when it was bifurcated, he went to Chhattisgarh. He’s a deep RAW operative. Centre rigorously went by senility to appoint the new contestant,” said a elderly MHA functionary.
“Sinha is number 2 in the present scale of RAW and handling operations and counter-terrorism unit. He’d have retired in January 2024 but now he gets a two- time term,” he added.
Mr Sinha takes over at a time when Sikh unreasonableness is being propagated from some countries.
In the last month, Khalistani terrorist Paramjit Singh Panjwar was shot dead in Pakistan, and also Khalistan Tiger Force chief Hardeep Nijjar shot dead in Canada. And just last week, Khalistan Liberation Force chief Avtar Singh Khanda failed in a sanitarium.
Interestingly, the alternate-in-command in RAW now would be Parag Jain, a 1989 Punjab skeleton officer.
Considered a neighbourhood specialist, Mr Sinha has also served in Jammu and Kashmir as a RAW manager.” He not only used to handle Jammu and Kashmir but also Leh Ladakh and Punjab too,” an officer privy to the ministry explained.
According to him, Mr Sinha has also served as a consular general in Hong Kong for over four times from 2014.
Mr Sinha’s precursor Samant Goel is presently on extension. He was appointed as clerk RAW in 2019 and also latterly given two extensions.
