Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday approved the first phase of the new team of Director General of Police (DGP) Sanjeev Marik.
Very soon, another major reshuffle is likely to be made by the Chief Minister in the higher echelon of the police administration to ensure effective functioning of the new DGP.In the first major shakeup, the Government shuffled as many as 32 IPS officers including three DIGs and 26 SPs at one stroke.
Sanjaya Kumar, DIG, Northern Range, has been posted at Bhubaneswar as DIG, law and Order in the headquarters, who would look after anti-Maoist activities.
While Amrita Dash, DCP Armed 7th Battalion, has been posted as the new DCP Headquarters, SP, Jagatsinghpur, Satyabrata Bhoi, is the new DCP, Bhubaneswar in place of Nitinjit Singh, who has been posted as SP Vigilance, Cuttack in place of Sudha Singh. Singh has been appointed as SP, Jagatsinghpur.
DIG NB Bharathi has been posted as DIG, Modernisation, at Cuttack while SP, Sambalpur, Prateek Mohanty has been appointed as DIG, Northern Range at Sambalpur.
SPs of 24 districts have been transferred. SP, Gajapati, CS Meena has been appointed as SP, Koraput replacing Awinash Kumar, who is posted as SP, Baleswar, while SP, Nabarangpur, Brijesh Kumar Rai, is posted as SP, Kalahandi, Narasingha Bhol, SP, Anugul, is transferred as SP, Ganjam, in place of Asish Kumar Singh. Singh has been posted as SP, Puri, replacing Anup Kumar Sahoo, who is shifted to Jajpur as SP.
Dr Sarthak Sarangi, SP, Kalahandi, is posted as SP, Brahmapur, in place of Anirudha Kumar Singh, who is posted as SP, Rourkela while
Dr Satyajit Nayak, SP, Railways, Rourkela, is new SP, Gajapati, Niti Sekhar , SP, Subarnapur is shifted as SP, Nayagarh; Balangir SP Prakash R is appointed as SP, Sundsrgarah, Additonal SP, Koraput, Mitrabhanu Mohapatra, is new SP, Malkangiri, in place of Akhileswar Kumar Singh, who is appointed as SP, Sambalpur; Umashankar Das, SP, Nuapada, is new SP, Bargarh; Dr Deepak Kumar, SP, Jajpur, is posted as SP, Balangir; Pandit R Uttanrao, SP, Rayagada, is posted as SP, Angul; SP, Mayurbhanj, NK Kanodia, is posted as SP, Dhenkanal; SP, Rourkela has been transferred as SP, Vigilance, Sanjay Kumar Kaushal, SP, Vigilance, is transferred as SRP, Cuttack, and GSK Iswardas, Commandant 5th Bn, OSAP, Baripada, has been transferred as SP, Kendrapada; Sunil Joshi, Additional SP, Balangir, has been posted as SP, Nuapada, Additional SP, Balangir, Parul Gupta, has been shifted as SP, Nabarangpur, K Siva Subramani has been transferred as SP, Rayagada while Additional SP, Angul,.Sarah Sharma, has been appointed as SP Subanapur.