Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has initiated a major reshuffle of Indian Police Service (IPS) and Odisha Police Service (OPS) officers, with 18 officers receiving new assignments across the state. The move is aimed at improving administrative efficiency and strengthening law enforcement.
Dr. Santosh Bala, a 1995-batch IPS officer, has been appointed as the new Director, SFSL (State Forensic Science Laboratory).
Shri S. Praveen Kumar, a 2002-batch IPS officer, is now the I.G. of Police, Provisioning.
Shri Sanjay Kumar Kaushal, also from the 2003 batch, has been moved to the position of IG of Police, EOW (Economic Offences Wing).
Shri Awinash Kumar (RR 2007) will serve as the new Director, State Crime Record Bureau.
Shri Gajbhiye Satish Kumar Iswardas (RR 2002) is appointed as IG of Police, Special Armed Police.
Shri Pinak Mishra (RR 2011) has been posted as DIG of Police, Eastern Range.
Dr. Satyajit Naik (RR 2008) is now the DIG of Police, Central Range.
Shri Parmar Smit Parshottamdas (RR 2013) is the new S.P., Crime Branch.
Shri Prateek Singh (RR 2014) has been transferred to S.P., Puri.
Shri Vinit Agrawal (RR 2016) has been appointed S.P., Cuttack (Rural).
Shri Raj Prasad (RR 2018) is now the S.P., Special Branch.
Shri Vivekanand Sharma (RR 2014) is appointed S.P., Khurda.
Shri Pratyush Diwaker (RR 2015) has been transferred to S.P., Balasore.
Shri Gundala Reddy Raghavendra (RR 2019) is the new S.P., Jharsuguda.
Shri Ankit Kumar Verma (RR 2021) has been transferred to S.P. Jagatsinghpur.
Shri Amritpal Singh (RR 2021) has been appointed S.P. Nuapada.
Ms. Amritpal Kaur (RR 2021) is now the S.P., Sundargarh.
Shri Bhawani Shankar Udgata from the OPS (Odisha Police Service) has been posted as S.P., Railway, Cuttack.