The chief of external spy agency RAW, Rajinder Khanna, and his internal intelligence counterpart Dineshwar Sharma of the IB are due to retire on December 31. Anil Kumar Dhasmana, a 1981-batch IPS officer, is among those short-listed to head the external spy wing. Lobbying has already begun," a RAW official said. A political understanding is considered an absolute must for both the RAW chief and the IB chief," he said. Asthana, a 1984-batch IPS officer, had as inspector-general overseen the initial probe into the Godhra train fire that set off the 2002 Gujarat pogrom.

Source: The Telegraph December 03, 2016 21:08 UTC