IPS officer and former Maharashtra Intelligence chief Rashmi Shukla. File
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Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Rashmi Shukla has been appointed because the Director-General of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), a authorities order mentioned on Thursday.
SSB is the border-guarding pressure deployed alongside Nepal and Bhutan border.
Ms. Shukla, a 1988 batch IPS officer of the Maharashtra cadre, was posted with the Central Reserve Police (CRPF).
She was heading the State Intelligence Department in Maharashtra Police when the telephones of Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut and Nationalist Congress Party chief Eknath Khadse had been allegedly tapped in 2019.
Two FIRs had been registered in opposition to Ms. Shukla in Pune and Mumbai for allegedly tapping the telephones of Congress chief Nana Patole, Mr. Khadse and Mr. Raut. Ms. Shukla filed a discharge software in court docket after Maharashtra authorities refused sanction to prosecute her.
The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), a coalition of the Shiv Sena, the Congress and the NCP, got here to energy in 2019 after the Sena parted methods with the BJP.
“The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Home Affairs for appointment of Rashmi Shukia, IPS (MH:88), presently Additional DG, CRPF, as Director General, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Level-16 of Pay Matrix from the date of joining the post and up to 30.06.2024 i.e. date of her superannuation or till further orders, whichever is earlier,” the order mentioned.
