New Intelligence Bureau chief from 31st December 2012

Senior IPS officer S Asif Ibrahim is tipped to be the new Intelligence Bureau chief, official sources informed. Asif, a 1977 batch IPS, made it to the top slot because of his wide range of experience in covering various departments of the organisation which mainly deal with intelligence pertaining to internal security, they said. He succeeds Nehchal Sandhu who retires on December 31.