Balakot strategist Samant Goel is new RAW chief, Kashmir expert Arvind Kumar IB director

SRINAGAR, (PTK): The Narendra Modi government today appointed IPS officer Samant Goel as the new Research and Analysis Wing chief. This comes three months after Samant Goel played key role in India’s counter-attack in Pakistan’s Balakot.

In another key development, the government has appointed senior IPS officer Arvind Kumar as the director of the Intelligence Bureau. He is considered as an expert hand on matters related to Kashmir.

The appointments to the top posts in the external and domestic intelligence agencies were made by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the chairman of this committee. Both IPS officers are of the 1984 batch and hold the rnk of Director General. Goel is from the Punjab cadre while Kumar is from the Assaam-Meghalaya cadre.