ITBP Director General SS Deswal on Wednesday took additional charge of the BSF after its incumbent VK Johri was repatriated to parent cadre to take over as the Director General of Police of Madhya Pradesh.
An official order issued on Tuesday said Deswal will handle this charge “till the appointment and joining of the successor or until further orders, whichever is earlier”.
The Kamal Nath-led Congress Government in Madhya Pradesh had recently issued an order appointing Johri, a 1984-batch IPS officer, the new Director General of Police.
In the same order, the MP Government has shifted incumbent DGP VK Singh to the Sports and Youth Welfare Department as its Director.
DG of Cyber Cell of MP Police, Rajendra Kumar, a 1985-batch officer, has been asked to officiate as the DGP till Johri takes over.
Johri is expected to reach State capital Bhopal on Thursday and subsequently take over his new assignment soon. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had issued an order on Wednesday approving the proposal of the home ministry for repatriation of Johri to his parent cadre with an immediate effect.
Deswal, a 1984-batch Haryana cadre IPS officer, has earlier headed the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)as its DG apart from handling the additional charge as the chief of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and National Security Guard (NSG).