AGARTALA, Oct 15 (TIWN): Senior IAS officer, Santanu will be the new Home Secretary of Tripura. A notification in this regard was issued on October 13 by General Administration department. Santanu is IAS of 1997 batch ( Tripura cadre) have returned from central deputation. In addition of home department, he will hold the charge of General Administration and Director of Vigilance department.

It is mentionable here that the present state home secretary , Yatendra Kumar has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer ( CVO) in Airport Authority of India.Kumar, a 1996-batch IAS officer, will have a tenure of three years from assuming charge of the post, said an order issued by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) on Wednesday last.He is schedule to leave the state next week.

In the current bureaucratic set-up  Kumar emerged one of the most efficient and honest  IAS officers shaping and deciding government policies and programmes.His  deputation to Centre come as a jolt to the current state government as he is told to one of the most trusted bureaucrats of chief minister Manik Sarkar.