2008 Mumbai terror attack hero Sadanand Date appointed as India's NIA Director-General, succeeding Dinkar Gupta.

26/11 hero, senior IPS officer Sadanand Vasant Date, has been appointed as the new Director-General of India's National Investigation Agency (NIA). Date, a 1990-batch Indian Police Service officer of the Maharashtra cadre, played a pivotal role during the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008. He succeeds Dinkar Gupta, who retired on 31 March. Before joining the NIA, Date was the chief of Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS).

March 31, 2024
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