INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Hyderabad: TS Intelligence chief V
Chandrashekar Rao for some more time
He was appointed to the key post after the abrupt transfer of the then Intelligence chief B
Shivadhar Reddy in September 2016 post the encounter of renegade naxal and gangster Nayeemuddin.A 1996 batch officer of the state police
Intelligence, Naveen Chand, a native of Karimnagar district, has worked to the satisfaction of the powers-that-be, especially when it comes
to political intelligence.Known to keep a very low profile, it is learnt that Naveen Chand had carried out surveys on many aspects and
issues concerning governance and the elections, which was relied upon heavily by top government functionaries to further strengthen the
duration of the extension is not known, sources said that the powers-that-be would want him to be around for some more time
With or without the extension, Naveen Chand has been the longest serving Intelligence chief ever since Telangana state was formed in 2014
In case he gets an extension, he will be the first state Intelligence chief to do so.
