Only a day after increasing ex-cadre posts of Director General (DG) rank in State police from one to two, the Raghubar Das Government on Tuesday made changes in the top posts of the Jharkhand police promoting and posting 1984-batch IPS officer DK Pandey the new DGP of the State.
According to a notification issued by the Home department, incumbent DGP Rajiv Kumar (1981 batch) has been shifted to DG (Training), while 1983-batch IPS officer Ashok Kumar Sinha has been promoted to the rank of DG and made new DG (rail) in Jharkhand.
Pandey has served the State in different capacities before going on Central deputation as ADG CRPF. He has worked as IG North Chhotanagpur Range and Ranchi Range and also as IG (Operations) in the State before having been posted in the CRPF in 2011. Pandey also served the ITBP between 1996 and 2002.
After taking charge at Police Headquarters on Tuesday, the new DGP said that it was a long drawn dream to provide security to every resident of Jharkhand and a fear-free environment is created in the State.
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