Bhubaneswar: The state authorities appointed new deputy commissioners of police (DCPs) of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack as a part of a giant reshuffle of IPS officers of various ranks on Friday. Altogether 16 IPS officers, together with eight superintendents of police (SP), have been given new postings.
Hypothesis was rife concerning the large rejig within the IPS cadre within the wake of the latest conclusion of panchayat and concrete native physique polls within the state. Although some officers have been promoted within the run-up to the agricultural and concrete elections, they have been made to attend for brand new postings. With the switch within the IPS cadre, chief minister Naveen Patnaik is more likely to impact main reshuffles within the IAS cadre and his cupboard maintaining in thoughts the 2024 elections.
Prateek Singh, who's now the Cuttack DCP, will change his Bhubaneswar counterpart Uma Shankar Sprint, who has been appointed as further commissioner of police following his latest promotion to the rank of deputy inspector normal. Berhampur SP Pinak Mishra has been posted because the DCP of Cuttack.
Sanjeeb Panda, who was the extra director normal (ADG) of crime department, has been appointed as director (intelligence). Panda will proceed to carry further cost of chairman-cum-managing director of the Odisha Police Housing and Welfare Company.
Transport commissioner Arun Bothra has been named the brand new ADG (crime department). Bothra will proceed to discharge his obligation of transport commissioner.
Santosh Upadhyay, who was the director normal (prisons and correctional providers), has been given a brand new appointment as director normal (hearth providers and residential guards). Manoj Chhabra, who was the particular DG (particular armed police), will change Upadhyay because the jail DG.
Satish Gajbhiye, who had served as an SP-rank officer in lots of inconsequential posts for a number of years as a consequence of some departmental prices towards him, has been appointed as inspector normal (communication) following closure of the proceedings.
The federal government has transferred Kalahandi SP Sarvana Vivek M and posted him as SP of Berhampur. Nabarangapur SP Smit Parmar has been appointed because the district police chief of Bargarh. Rahul Jain has been shifted from the submit of Bargarh SP to Jharsuguda SP.
Nayagarh SP Siddharth Kataria has been appointed as SP of Khurda. S Susree, who was the Bhubaneswar-Cuttack site visitors DCP, has obtained a brand new posting as Nabarangapur SP.