Amit Nayak Sagri, IRS Officer, Posted as Deputy Director in Narcotics Control Bureau

Amit Nayak Sagri, a 2015-batch officer of the Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Indirect Taxes), has been posted as Deputy Director in the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on deputation for a period of four years.

The NCB is the central enforcement agency responsible for coordinating drug law enforcement across state and central agencies under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, and Deputy Directors handle zonal investigation, intelligence coordination and case prosecution.

Sagri's background in customs and indirect tax administration gives him experience relevant to narcotics enforcement, given the overlap between smuggling interdiction, port and airport cargo screening, and the tax department's own anti-evasion machinery, which routinely intersects with drug seizure cases at India's borders.

His posting adds to the NCB's pool of officers drawn on deputation from the IRS, IPS and other central services, a structure the bureau relies on to combine tax, customs and policing expertise within a single enforcement agency.

The four-year tenure gives Sagri a longer runway than the standard three-year central deputation term, suggesting the NCB's own request for continuity in the specific zone or unit he has been assigned to.

The Bureau has been expanding its enforcement footprint in recent years amid a rise in synthetic drug seizures and cross-border trafficking cases, adding pressure on its deputationist officers to build case files that hold up in court.

The posting takes effect from the date specified in the deputation order.