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Ibrahim takes over as IB chief
Tuesday January 01, 2013 11:19:01 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Indian
Police Service officer S.A. Ibrahim Tuesday took over as chief of
the Intelligence Bureau (IB), becoming the first from the
country's main minority community to hold the post.
Home ministry sources said Ibrahim took over as IB director
Tuesday.
Ibrahim, an IPS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, has taken
over from Nehchal Sandhu who retired Dec 31. He will hold the post
for two years.
Ibrahim was appointed officer on special duty in IB last month
after the government decided to elevate him as the head of the
organisation. He was serving as special director in the IB
earlier.
Sources said Ibrahim has direct experience in anti-terror
operations and has handled responsibilities ranging from the
Kashmir desk to cyber security cell.
In his initial career, Ibrahim had field postings in Madhya
Pradesh and had encounters with dacoits of Chambal ravines.
Officials who have worked with Ibrahim describe him as a
thoroughbred professional and a gentle, soft-spoken person with
talent for information-gathering.
A former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief said Ibrahim was
"one of the finest officers".
Another former police officer who has worked with Ibrahim in the
IB described him as a "soft spoken, very balanced person".
"He will make a very good DIB," the officer, who spoke on the
condition of anonymity, told IANS.
The officer said Ibrahim had handled security in IB and his "heavy
charter" included internal and industrial security.
Prashant Mehta, who was district magistrate in Morena when Ibrahim
was a superintendent of police in the district in the early '80s,
said that he had dealt well with the menace of dacoity of Chambal
region during his time.
He said Ibrahim was "old school gentleman" suited to intelligence.
"He does not allow his right hand to know what the left hand is
doing," Mehta said.
Mehta said that Ibrahim was officer on special duty to former
union minister Madhavrao Scindia and had also served with former
home minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.
Officials said Ibrahim had influenced thinking on terrorism and
suggested that agencies need to pay greater thrust to outfits
having base in the country.
They said that during his work in Jammu and Kashmir, Ibrahim laid
emphasis on engagement with civil society for effectiveness of
intelligence work.
Former IB chief Ajit Doval said Ibrahim would live up to the high
standards of his post.
He said that references in the media to Ibrahim's religion were
unwarranted.
"It is irresponsible for the media to give religious salience to
the question of appointment of DIB. It is not in national
interest," Doval said.
Former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief A.K. Dulat said that
Ibrahim had an "outstanding reputation" while he was in Madhya
Pradesh and "that was a reason he got into IB".
Dulat said Ibrahim was a thoroughbred professional and was the
first from the minority community to join the IB at a relatively
senior level.
He agreed with the suggestion that there was need for more people
from the main minority community to join the IB and said Ibrahim's
elevation would serve as an inspiration.
"I am sure it would," he said.
Ibrahim's appointment comes at a politically crucial juncture as
he will be head of IB during the next Lok Sabha polls scheduled
for 2014.
Sources said the appointment will help counter an impression that
members from the Muslim community do not make it to top posts in
intelligence.
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