IFS-IPS combo at driver’s seat: IB chief Nehchal Sandhu is new Dy NSA

Nehchal Sandhu (R) with his would-be boss Menon (File photo)

BIHAR cadre IPS officer and current director of Intelligence Bureau (IB) Nehchal Sandhu will be the next deputy National Security Adviser in place of Vijaya Latha Reddy, a 1975 batch IFS officer who is completing her term in March next year. Traditionally dominated by IFS officers, except during veteran police officer…