Effecting a shake-up in the higher echelon of the IPS level, the State Government on Saturday appointed Binayananda Jha as the Additional Director General of police. On promotion to the rank of ADG, four 1988-batch State cadre IPS officers Satyajit Mohanty , Binayananda Jha, Soumendra Priyadarshi, M Akhaya were given in-situ promotion.
While Mohanty is now the Chairman and Managing Director of Odisha Police Housing Corporation, Soumendra Priyadarhsi was made the head of operation (Naxal) and M Akhaya, ADG State Crime Record Bureau. ADG Fire Services and Home Guards Binaya Behea was transferred and posted as the Chairman and Managing Director, OSRTC, while ADG, OSAP N Nageswar Rao was posted in place of Behera.
R P Coche on promotion to ADG rank was posted as IG, Police Eastern Range, while SM Narwane was posted as IG Police Training. While Santosh Upadyaya was posted as ADG, Human Rights Cell, Arun Ray has been appointed as the ADG, OSAP and Asit Panigrahi posted as IG, Police Central Range.