The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)
appointed senior IPS officer S S Deswal as Director General of Indo-Tibetan
Border Police (ITBP).
• He will succeed R K Pachnanda, who
superannuated from office.
• Deswal is 1984 batch IPS officer of Haryana
cadre. Prior to this appointment, he was Director General of Sashastra Seema
Bal (SSB).
• ITBP is one of five Central Armed Police Forces
of India. It was raised in October 1962, under CRPF Act, in wake of 1962
Sino-Indian War. It was provided full autonomy after Parliament enacted
Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force Act, 1992.
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