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"He (Raju) has been requested to join immediately and quickly begin the recruitments," Home Minister P Chidambaram, who recommended Raju's name for the post, told reporters in Delhi.
Chidambaram said Raju will hand pick his core group of investigation officers.
Asked how long it would take for the NIA to be functional, he said, "We will now recruit identified officers who have got a track record in doing very good work in investigation."
Chidambaram said Raju has been tasked with recruiting people and putting the infrastructure and logistics in place so that NIA can take up cases for investigation, should a situation arise.
He, however, said there was no case at present to be investigated by the NIA.
To a question, he said the Mumbai incident would not be probed by the NIA as investigation into it was already on.
"The Mumbai investigation is well on track. It has made considerable progress. There is no need for transferring it to NIA," he said.
Chidambaram said Raju had a vast experience in CBI.
A 1975-batch IPS officer, Raju will head the NIA till January 31, 2010, a Home Ministry order said. Raju is at present Special Director General of Police in Jammu and Kashmir.
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It is good to see the swiftness on the part of govt to appoint the chief of NIA. But it is equally important to keep the institution away from petty politics and Mr. Raju should be given full autonomy in picking up his brigade. Also men with meritorious career are to be the part of his team so that they will not bow down or be bent by the 'shrwed' superiors.The agency has to be accorded with enough liberty
Before we form the elite NIA, keep it mind, there should be strict per centage of SCs and STs. Dont count upon merit. Mayawatis, Laloos, Paswans are watching with their eyes wide open.
ha ha ha one more front to make money and take corruption to new zenith dnt we know that ther is enough section in govt. like army intellegence, RAW, CBUI, IN, STATE INTELLEGENCE, AVAITION INTELLEGENCE, than wat this guys going to do dissolved them ....its no use to make NIA if present organisation will be given enough teeth and free from politician and minority appeasment agenda.
Let's see how it progresses, It's too early to comment on NIA now.
That he has vast experience in CBI is not a relief to us. That only means, he is one of those erstwhile brave officers, who have been reduced to a pathetic state of slavery by Congress (so that they will give a send-off to Quatrocchi fraud, just because Sonia is involved, they will drop cases against Mayawati because Congress wanted Mayawati votes for President poll, etc., etc.) So, this handpicked man will be told by Congress, Lalu, communists to only attack Hindu saints and sadhvis for all muslim terrorism