NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, AUG 17
Former CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana was on Monday appointed Director-General (DG) of the Border Security Force (BSF).
Asthana, a 1984-batch Gujarat cadre officer, has been involved in investigating some high-profile cases such as the Sabarmati Express fire incident in Godhra in 2002. He also arrested Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav in the fodder scam in 1997, while holding the post of superintendent of police in the CBI.
The IPS officer is at present working as the Director-General of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS).
He has been appointed the Director-General (DG) of Border Security Force from the date of joining the post and up to July 31, 2021, date of his superannuation, a Personnel Ministry order said. He is also holding additional charge of DG, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).
Meanwhile, VSK Kaumudi has been appointed as Special Secretary (Internal Security) in the Home Ministry. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre and is presently working as DG, Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D). He has been appointed Special Secretary (Internal Security), Ministry of Home Affairs up to November 30, 2022, date of his superannuation, the order said.
His batchmate from Uttar Pradesh cadre, Md Jawed Akhtar has been appointed the DG, Fire Services, Civil Defence & Home Guard. Akhtar will hold the charge of the post for a period upto July 31, 2021, date of his superannuation, it added. He is presently working as Special DG, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
