Sundarraj Pattilingam appointed NIA Inspector General after leading Bastar anti-Maoist operations

The Union home ministry issued an order on Tuesday appointing IPS officer Sundarraj Pattilingam as Inspector General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Pattilingam, who has led anti-Maoist operations in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, will take up the new position after the Chhattisgarh government formally relieves him from his current duties.