The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday approved the appointment of Fire Services, Home Guards and Civil Defence DG Bijay Kumar Sharma as the new DGP in-charge.
Bijay Sharma’s appointment came after incumbent Director General of Police Dr RP Sharma went on leave after his wife’s death on Sunday.
Notably, a 1986-batch IPS officer, Bijay Sharma was the DG (Prisons) and Special DGP Crime Branch (CID) before taking charge as Director General of Fire Services, Commandant General Home Guards and Director Civil Defence. Besides stints as SPs of several districts, Bijay Sharma had also served as Commissioner of Police of Bhubaneswar-Cuttack from May 2008 to May 2012.