Sundarraj Pattilingam appointed National Investigation Agency (NIA) Inspector General

Exam-focused facts from the 18 June 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

IPS officer Sundarraj Pattilingam was appointed Inspector General (IG) of the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
He spearheaded anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region and served as the face of the counter-insurgency there.
Pattilingam is a 2003 batch IPS officer aged 46.
He served for 12 years in Bastar and headed the police there for seven years.
He is an alumnus of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, and underwent advanced commando training at the Counter-Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School in Kanker, Bastar.