Radha Vinod Raju, Special DGP, J & K, has been named as the Director-General of the newly created National Investigation Agency (NIA).

A government spokesperson said that 59 year old Raju, a 1975-batch IPS officer, who heads the vigilance department in the militancy-hit state, will be the head of NIA till January 31, next year.

Speaking on this, an elated Raju said, “I am honoured to have been assigned with this task.”

“The job at hand is to establish the infrastructure, get suitable officers and start cracking. The rest will follow in due course,” added Raju.