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BSF OFFICIALS' INDUCTION IN NIA UNDER SCANNER

The Sunday Guardian

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April 30, 2023

Vishal Garg, originally from the Border Security Force, was suspended on the direction of the Ministry of Home Affairs this week.

- ABHINANDAN MISHRA

BSF OFFICIALS' INDUCTION IN NIA UNDER SCANNER

The suspension of a Superintendent of Police (SP) rank officer with the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on the charges of demanding and taking money in a case related to Manipur, Imphal that the agency is investigating, has led to questions and concerns about the presence of few "tainted" officials in the organization.

Such tainted officials, officials are worried, could impact the credibility of the NIA on a larger scale. Vishal Garg, originally from the Border Security Force (BSF), was suspended on the direction of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) this week after a preliminary enquiry found him to be involved in what has called a case of 'extortion' to the amount of Rs 3 crore.

This is the second time that Garg, who had joined the NIA in 2015, has been suspended from the organization.

In September 2019 he was suspended for allegedly trying to extort Rs 2 crore from an individual for not naming him in a terror funding case related to Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation of Lashkar-eTaiba.

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