Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer S Asif Ibrahim is likely to be appointed as the new Intelligence Bureau chief.
Formal orders of Ibrahim's appointment are expected to be issued on Monday. His name has been cleared by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Mini
ster Manmohan Singh. Mr Ibrahim will be the first Muslim to head IB with four officers senior to him having been shifted out.
Asif, a 1977 batch IPS officer, has wide experience covering various departments of the organisation which mainly deal with intelligence and internal security.
He will succeed Nehchal Sandhu who retires on December 31.
59-year-old Ibrahim, a 1977 batch IPS officer from Madhya Pradesh cadre, will take over as officer on special duty on 1st December, a procedure for smooth transition of power from the incumbent Director to the new one, Ibrahim will have a fixed tenure of two years beginning from January one, 2013.
Ibrahim, who is at present in Special Director in the organisation after his return from London where he served as Minister (Coordination), has been with the IB for nearly three decades and served the organisation in various capacities handling operations, Kashmir, Naxal, security and cyber security.
He was also Private Secretary to Madhavrao Scindia and Mufti Mohammed Sayeed.
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