The State Government has again appointed 1990-batch IPS officer Arun Sarangi in the post of Inspector General of Intelligence while making a major reshuffle in the top IPS cadre.
Sarangi had been holding the post of IG, Intelligence prior to the general elections in April this year. He was then posted as the IG, Vigilance. YB Khurania has replaced Sarangi in the Vigilance department, according to a notification.
A 1988-batch IPS officer, Satyajit Mohanty was appointed as Additional Director General (ADG), Headquarters, while his batchmate Manoj Kumar Chabra was posted as Chairman and Managing Director of Odisha Police Housing & Welfare Corporation.
M Akshaya, another officer of the 1988 batch, was posted as Transport Commissioner while 1989-batch officer Pranabindu Acharya is the new ADG (Provisioning).
Amrit Mohan Prasad was appointed as ADG, HRPC, while Sushant Kumar Nath was made IG, Modernisation. Sanjeeb Kumar Panda new IG, State Crime Records Bureau and Santosh Bala posted as the IG, Fire Services & Home Guards.
PS Ranpise is the new Additional Commissioner of Police while Arun Bothra was appointed as IG, Crime Branch and Sanjay Kumar as DIG Economic Offences Wing and Special Task Force.
Rajesh Kumar is the new DIG, North-Central Range, Talcher, the notification said.