Bhubaneswar: The state government today effected a major reshuffle in the IPS cadre in Odisha.

Suresh Dev Datta Singh, a 1998-batch IPS officer, has been appointed as the Commissioner of Police for the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, said the Home department in a notification.

Singh replaced 1994-batch IPS officer Sanjeeb Panda, who has been transferred and posted as Additional Director General of Police (ADG), Training, and Director, Biju Patnaik State Police Academy.

Similarly, Vinaytosh Mishra, a 1993-batch IPS officer, has been appointed as ADG, CID-Crime Branch.

Mishra replaced 1996-batch IPS officer Arun Bothra, who has been transferred and posted as Additional DGP, Railways and Coastal Security.

The state government has appointed new Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) for the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.

Pinak Mishra, a 2011-batch IPS officer, has been appointed as the DCP of Bhubaneswar. Mishra replaced 2014-batch IPS officer Prateek Singh, who has been transferred and posted as Superintendent of Police (SP), Cuttack (Rural).

As per the notification, Jagmohan Meena, a 2013-batch IPS officer, has been appointed as the DCP in Cuttack.  

Meena took the place of R Prakash (2008 batch), who has been transferred and posted as DIG, Crime Branch.

AK Ray, a 1988-batch IPS officer, has been appointed as the Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services in Odisha. He was earlier working as the Director, Printing, Stationary and Publication, in Cuttack.

SM Narvane (1989-batch officer), who was earlier working as OSD in Home Department, has been posted as the Director, Printing, Stationary and Publication.

Senior IPS officer RP Koche (1993 batch) has been appointed as the new Director, Intelligence.

Koche replaced Saumendra Kumar Priyadarsi (1995 batch), who has been transferred and posted as Additional DGP, Modernisation.

Special Secretary to Home Department, Santosh Bala (1995 batch), has been transferred and posted as Director, SCRB & SFSL.

Radha Kishan Sharma (1995 batch), who was working as Additional DG of Police Headquarters, has been appointed as the Special Secretary to the Home Department, said the notification.   

As per the notification, Sarthak Sarangi (2007 batch) has been appointed as DIG, South Range, Berhampur while Niti Shekhar (2007 batch) is the new DIG, South Western Range, Koraput.

Satyajit Naik (2008 batch) is the new DIG of Eastern Range, Balasore while Brijesh Kumar Rai (2009 batch) has been appointed as the DIG, Western Range, Rourkela. Charan Singh Meena (2009 batch) has been appointed as the DIG, Central Range, Cuttack.

The state government has appointed new Superintendents of Police (SPs) for several districts in Odisha.

The new SPs are: Madkar Sandeep Sampat (Bhadrak), Prateek Singh (Cuttack-Rural), Rahul Jain (Angul), Saravana Vivek M (Berhampur), Vinit Agrawal (Puri), Varun Guntupalli (Mayurbhanj), Sagarika Nath (Khurda), Swathy S Kumar (Rayagada), S Susree (Nayagarh), Nitesh Wadhwani (Rourkela), Raj Prasad (Balasore), Nagraj Deverakonda (Boudh), Suvendu Kumar Patra (Ganjam), Abhinav Sonkar (Dhenkanal),  Rohit Verma (Koraput), Yashpratap Shrimal (Jajpur), Harisha BC (Kandhamal), Anil Kumar Mishra (Deogarh), Ram Prasad Sahoo (Sonepur), Bhawani Sankar Udgata (Jagatsinghpur), Mihir Panda (Nabarangpur) and Jatindra Kumar Panda (Gajapati).  

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