Senior IAS officer B K Prasad, who probed the Ishrat Jahan missing files case, was on Thursday appointed Secretary, National Commission for Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-nomadic Tribes. Working as Additional Secretary in Home Ministry, he was due to retire on May 31 after completing 60 years of age of superannuation. However, he was given a two-month extension which was to end on Sunday.
The Commission, which works under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, was constituted in 2005 to study various developmental aspects of Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic tribes in the country.