The Odisha government on Friday effected a major reshuffle in the IPS cadre and promoted Akhilesvar Singh to the rank of DIG.
As per the notification issued by the GA & PG Department, Singh, who is posted as Jagatsinghpur Superintenent of Police (SP), is now transferred and posted as DIG, SAP.
Apart from Singh, Ganjam SP Brijesh Kumar Rai, has been promoted to the DIG rank. Rai has now been posted as DIG, Angul. SP Bhadrak
Charansingh Meena, posted as Bhadrak SP, has now been appointed as DIG, Fire Services and Home Guards.
Similarly, SP Jajpur Rahul PR has been transferred and posted as Jagatsinghpur SP. Senior IPS officer Sagarika Nath, who is posted as Sundargarh SP, has now been appointed Balasore SP.
Other Reshuffle
Sudhandhu Sekhar Mishra, currently posted as SP Balasore, has been transferred and now posted as SP, Angul.
SP Angul, Jagmohan Meena is now posted as Ganjam SP.
MS L. Divya, presently posted as SP Dhenkanal, has been transferred and now posted as Vigilance SP.
Pratyush Diwakar, Nuapada SP, is now transferred and posted as SP Sundargarh.
Kandhamal SP, Vinit Agarwal, is now posted as SP Jajpur.
Koraput SP, Varun Guntupalli, is now posted as SP Bhadrak.
SDPO Baliguda, Gundala Reddy, is now posted as SP Nuadapa.
SDPO Malkangiri, Suvendu Patra, is now posted as SP Kandhamal.
SDPO Kesinga, Abhinav Sonkar, is now posted as SP Koraput.
Gyanaranjan Mohapatra, OPS at present, posted as SP Special Branch has been transferred and now posted as SP Dhenkanal.
(Reported by Harihar Chand)