Also Read:Manipur Violence News LIVE Updates: AFSPA extended as protests continue over students' killing incident Meanwhile, the IPS officer in question belongs to the Manipur cadre and had been assigned to duty in Jammu and Kashmir. In 2021, he assumed the role of Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) in Srinagar.
Prior to this, he had served as the Superintendent of Police within the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in 2018, where he held the position for a duration of four years. Balwal was a member of the investigative team tasked with probing the 2019 Pulwama terror attack.
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