The State Government on Monday effected a reshuffle in the top Indian Police Service (IPS) cadre.
While the 1990-batch IPS officer Mahendra Pratap was appointed as the Additional Director General (ADG) of Human Rights Protection Cell (HRPC), 2000-batch officer Jatindra Koel has been appointed as Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of North-Central Range.
On the other hand, 1986-batch IPS officer M Nageswar Rao was appointed as ADG of Railways and 1988-batch IPS officer Arun Kumar Ray has been given additional charge of ADG of Fire Services and Home Guard. Ray is now ADG State Armed Police Force.
Similarly, 1989 batch IPS officer B Radhika was given additional charge of ADG Communications. Radhika is now ADG State Crime Records Bureau (SCRB).
This apart, 1998 batch IPS officer Rajesh Kumar became the new DIG of State Police Headquarters.