National Security Advisory Board revamped, appoints former intelligence chief Alok Joshi as chairman

NEW DELHI: The central government has revamped the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB) amid tensions over the Pahalgam terror attack. Alok Joshi, former head of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), will lead the seven-member board comprising retired officers from the armed forces, police and foreign services.

Former Western Air Commander Air Marshal P M Sinha, former Southern Army Commander Lt Gen A K Singh, Rear Admiral Monty Khanna, former IPS officers Rajiv Ranjan Verma, Manmohan Singh and former IFS officer B Venkatesh Varma are part of the revamped board.

A ministerial meeting on security was held at the Prime Minister's residence. The decision was taken after this. The Centre has directed that terrorists involved in the Pahalgam attack should be caught alive. The army and police have been directed to catch as many people alive as possible. The army's search operations in the forest area of Anantnag is also aimed at this. Through this, India can establish before the world that the terrorists came from Pakistan. After the arrest of Ajmal Kasab in the Mumbai attack, Pakistan was on the defensive. India's present move is based on this.