Gagandeep Singh Wasu appointed NIA’s special public prosecutor

Punjab and Haryana High Court advocate Gagandeep Singh Wasu has been appointed as a special public prosecutor for the National Investigation Agency (NIA) by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs’ Counter Terrorism and Counter Radicialism Division.

Wasu will represent the NIA before the High Court. Wasu has served the state of Haryana as its deputy advocate-general from August 2008 to December 2011. He was then promoted as an Additional Advocate-General — a position he held till November 2019.  Wasu has has been serving as an additional public prosecutor for Chandigarh since 2013.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) was constituted under the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Act, 2008.

It is a central agency to investigate and prosecute offences:
affecting the sovereignty, security and integrity of India, security of State, friendly relations with foreign States.
against atomic and nuclear facilities.
smuggling in High-Quality Counterfeit Indian Currency.
It implements international treaties, agreements, conventions and resolutions of the United Nations, its agencies and other international organisations.
It’s objective is also to combat terror in India.
It acts as the Central Counter-Terrorism Law Enforcement Agency.
Headquarters: New Delhi
Branches: Hyderabad, Guwahati, Kochi, Lucknow, Mumbai, Kolkata, Raipur and Jammu.