Maharashtra ATS chief, a 26/11 Hero, Sadanand Vasant Date will lead the NIA
The National Investigating Agency (NIA) has announced the name of Sadanand Vasant Date as a new Director General.
Sadanand was a Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) chief previously.
Sadanand Date, an IPS officer of the 1990 batch of Maharashtra cadre, served as a Chief of ATS in Maharashtra before joining NIA.
Date was honoured with the President’s Police Medal for Gallantry in 2008 for his role in fighting terrorists who had wreaked havoc and bloodshed in India’s financial capital Mumbai in November 2008.
The NIA, which functions as the central counter-terrorism law enforcement agency of the country, was constituted in the aftermath of the 2008 terror attacks.
He was also honoured with the President’s Police Medal for Meritorious Service and Distinguished Service in 2008 and 2014.
Date also held an important position as police commissioner of Bhayandar-Vasai-Virar, joint commissioner of law and order, and Joint commissioner of Crime Branch Mumbai. Looking more into his work front, he has served two tenures in the Government of India in CBI as Deputy Inspector General and CRPF as an Inspector General.
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