New Delhi, Dec. 30 -- The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has assigned the additional charge of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Director General to senior IPS officer Rakesh Aggarwal following the premature repatriation of the incumbent DG, Sadanand Vasant Date, to his parent cadre.

Aggarwal, a 1994-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre, is currently serving as Special Director General of the NIA. He was appointed as the Special Director General of the NIA on September 29, 2025, on an in-situ basis by temporarily upgrading his existing ADG post, for a two-year tenure or until further orders.

As per an Office Memorandum (OM) issued by the MHA on Monday, Aggarwal will now hold the additional char...