The State Government on Tuesday carried out a major reshuffle in the IPS cadre and promoted Director of Intelligence Sunil Roy to the rank of Special DG (Intelligence).
As per the notification issued by the Home Department, Binayanand Jha was appointed ADGP and OHRC Director (Investigation) while Human Rights Protection Cell (HRPC) ADG Mahendra Pratap was appointed ADG and IG of Prisons and Director of Correctional Services.
Law and Order IG Amitabh Thakur was appointed Special Armed Police (SAP) IG. Crime Branch DIG S Shyni was promoted to the rank of IG and posted as the head of the Biju Patnaik State Police Academy.
Transport Commissioner Sanjeeb Panda was posted as Law and Order ADG. ADG and Director, Investigation OHRC Sidhartha Mahadu Narvane was posted as ADG, HRPC. SAP DIG Himansu Kumar Lal was posted as SWR DIG, Koraput.
STF IG Yatindra Koyal was appointed as Southern Range (SR) IG. SR DIG Ashis Kumar Singh was posted as DIG, Intelligence (I/c CM’s Security). Puri SP Sarthak Sarangi was posted as Rourkela SP.
Rourkela SP Umashankar Dash was posted as Puri SP. BPSPA SP Sarah Sharma was posted as Gajapati SP. Deogarh SP Anupama James was posted as Dhenkanal SP and Rayagada SP Rahul PR as CID CB (STF) SP. Nabarangpur SP Vivekananda Sharma was posted as AIG of Police Headquarters, Cuttack.