CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Sujoy Lal Thaosen. A 1988-batch IPS officer, Sujoy Lal Thaosen, on 1 June 2022, took charge as the director-general (DG) of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).

Detailed explanation-2: -Thosen has taken over as the 21st Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal. He has been appointed in place of ITBP Director General Sanjay Arora.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sashastra Seema Bal was established as Special Service Bureau in May 1963, in the aftermath of the Chinese aggression (in 1962). Sashastra Seema Bal came under aegis of the Ministry of Home Affairs (Jan 2001). SSB was declared a Lead Intelligence Agency for Indo Nepal (June 2001) and assigned the Indo Nepal border.

Detailed explanation-4: -Shri B N Mullik took over as the first founder Director of Special Service Bureau and led the force from the front as the initial years were fraught with apprehensions on the prospects of another Chinese attack.

Detailed explanation-5: -Many posts for some, none for others For instance, Surjeet Singh Deswal, a 1984-batch officer of the Haryana cadre, served stints as the DG of five central forces in a span of two-odd years. He was appointed as the DG of the ITBP in 2018 and also headed the SSB as an additional charge.