Bhubaneswar: Following the orders of Election Commission of India (ECI), the State Government today appointed new District Magistrates for Cuttack and Jagatsinghpur districts.
As per a notification published by the General Administration and Public Grievances Department, 2011 batch IAS Officer Arindam Dakua has been appointed as new Collector of Cuttack while 2012 batch IAS Officer Anupam Saha is the new Collector of Jagatsinghpur.
The ECI had earlier asked the Odisha Government to transfer previous Cuttack DM and District Election Officer (DEO) Vineet Bhardwaj and Jagatsinghpur DM & DEO Parul Patawari.
Similarly, on the recommendation of the Commission, the State Government has appointed new IPS Officers at four positions.
As per the Home Department notification, IGP, Vigilance, Sanjay Kumar Kaushal has been posted as IG (Central), replacing Ashish Singh while Prakash R has also been transferred and posted as Cuttack DCP. He will succeed Kanwar Vishal Singh, who too has been asked to report to State police headquarters, Cuttack.
Similarly, DIG of Police, Intelligence in-charge Security Wing, Brijesh Kumar Rai, has been appointed as Rourkela SP, replacing Mitrabhanu Mahapatra. DIG of Police, SIW, Umashankar Dash, has been posted as Angul SP.
Both Shri Mahapatra and present Angul SP Sudhansu Sekhar Mishra have been asked to report to state police headquarters, the notification said.
