Odisha govt appoints IPS Susanta Kumar Nath as new Prisons DG

In the latest brief reshuffle in police cadre, the Odisha government effected new appointments, as per a notification issued in this regard by the Home Department, on Friday.

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Susanta Kumar Nath, IPS (RR-1993), who joined the Home Department after repatriation from GoI, has been posted as DG of Prisons & Correctional Services.

Dayal Gangwar, IPS (RR-1998), who was serving as the ADGP, HQrs, has been appointed as Additional DG, Communication.
Prateek Mohanty, IPS (RR-2000), who joined the Home Department after repatriation from GoI, has been posted as ADGP, HQrs.

Similarly, Narayan Nayak, OPS (S), the AIG of Police, Marine & Coastal Security, has been transferred and posted as SP Subarnapur.

Previous major IPS reshuffle

Worth mentioning, at least 26 IPS officers were previously transferred, including two DCPs and an ACP of the Twin City Commissionerate Police. The reshuffle had occurred in just five months after the earlier appointments of DCP Jagmohan Meena in Cuttack and DCP Pinak Mishra in Bhubaneswar.

Three young IPS officers were then posted in the Commissionerate Police for the first time amidst this reorganisation, which extended to significant changes within the Crime Branch and intelligence divisions. The abrupt reassignments had prompted speculation about whether the adjustments were aimed at enhancing crime control or were part of a broader strategic initiative to strengthen the Commissionerate Police and Crime Branch.

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This had marked the second major IPS reshuffle since the new government assumed office nearly ten months ago. Pinak Mishra, who had been serving as DCP Bhubaneswar, was promoted to Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in the Special Task Force (STF).