IPS Rakesh Balwal goes to AGMUT cadre on deputation

According to the official notification issued by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet under Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension,  "The Appointments Committee  of the Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs for inter-cadre deputation of Rakesh Balwal, IPS (MA: 2012) from Manipur cadre to AGMUT cadre (Union Territory of J&K) for an insal period of three years in relaxation of the policy. "

Balwal, an IPS officer of 2012 batch of Manipur cadre, was on deputation to the NIA  for the last three and half years as Superintendent of Police. 

A leading investigator in most cases in J&K, Balwal  headed the probe of Pulwama attack and other terror funding cases  in  Kashmir valley and  he cannot be repatriated to his own Manipur cadre as of now because it would affect the ongoing investigations in many cases in J&K, an official in the security set-up said. 

In August, 2020, the NIA had filed more than 13,,500 page chargesheet in a special court in Jammu, detailing the events of Pulwama attack and naming all accused. The anti-terror probe agency discloses the names of 19 accused in connection to the gruesome terrorist attack on the CRPF convoy in February 2019.

Filing a  watertight chargesheet  in the court, the  central probe agency detailed the criminal conspiracy hatched by Pakistan-based terrorist organisation, Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM). 

The NIA  investigators under Balwal leadership, left no stone unturned in covering all aspects of the investigation,  including the consultation with US federal  intelligence agency, FBI regarding the JeM role in the attack.