DGP

Senior IPS officer and Gujarat's Director General of Police (DGP) Ashish Bhatia has been given an extension in service for another eight months. The extension will apply beyond the date of superannuation. The decision to extend his tenure has been taken by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, chaired by PM Modi. Notably, Bhatia has been credited for playing a key role in solving a 2008 Ahmedabad serial case. 

Karnataka's Director General of Police (DGP) Dr P Ravindranath submitted his resignation from service, on May 10. The resignation has come as a move to express his displeasure over transferring him to the training wing of Karnataka state police. Furthermore, he stated that the transfer was issued just to "harass" him. In his letter, Ravindranath stated that he was "pained to observe the opacity shown by Karnataka Chief Secretary Ravikumar… read-more

Siddharth Chattopadhyaya, the Vigilance Bureau Chief, has been appointed as the new Director-General of Police (DGP) in Punjab, on December 17. He replaced IPS Iqbal Preet Sahota. "In place of Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota, IPS (PB:1988,) Special DGP Armed Ben, Jalandhar, Siddharth Chattopadhyaya, IPS (PB:1986) DGP PSPCL Patiala shall look after the work of DGP of Punjab," read the notice of the Department of Home Affairs and Justice.  

Former DGP of Bihar, Gupteshwar Pandey, on September 23 stated that he could win from any constituency in Bihar. The former cop said that he has been offered 14 constituencies to contest. While slamming Congress and Shiv Sena, Pandey said, "Anyone can take VRS after 30 years in service and do whatever he feels like doing. I have decided to serve people." Earlier, Pandey took VRS on September 22.