In a reshuffle in the IPS cadre, the State Government on Monday appointed senior officer Saumendra Kumar Priyadarshi as the Commissioner of Police for the Twin Cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.
Priyadarshi, a 1995-batch IPS officer, will replace Sudhanshu Sarangi as the Commissioner of Police. Currently, Priyadarshi is working as Additional DG, Crime Branch.As per a notification issued by the Home Department, 1990-batch IPS officer Sudhanshu Sarangi was transferred and posted as the CMD of Odisha Police Housing and Welfare Corporation (OPH&WC). 1988-batch IPS officer M Akhaya was transferred and posted as the DG Fire Services, CG, Home Guards and Director of Civil Defence, Odisha. At present, Akhaya is working as CMD of OPH&WC.