Director general of police
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In India, the Director General of Police (abbr. DGP) is the highest ranking police officer in an Indian State or Union Territory. DGP typically heads the state or UT police force, who in case, are also called State Police Chief. DGP is appointed by the Cabinet from the Indian Police Service and they hold a three-star rank.
There may also be additional officers in the state who hold the rank of DGP. Common appointments for such officers include Director of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau, Director General of Prisons, Director General of fire forces and civil defence,[1] Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Police Housing Society etc. Additionally officers who hold the rank of DGP may have commensurate appointments in central government organisations such as Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Director SVPNPA, DG Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) etc. The rank insignia of a Director General of Police or Commissioner of Police (in Delhi) is the national emblem over crossed sword and baton. DGP-ranked officers wear Gorget patches on their collar which have a dark blue background with an oak leaf pattern stitched on it, similar to ADGs and IGs.[2][3]
List of current Chiefs of Police Forces in the States and Union territories of India
S.No. | State | Headquarters | Name of Police Chief | Batch[4] |
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1 | Andhra Pradesh | Mangalagiri | Damodar Gautam Sawang, IPS [5] | 1986 |
2 | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar | RP Upadhyaya, IPS[6] | 1991 |
3 | Assam | Guwahati | Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta, IPS[4] | 1988 |
4 | Bihar | Patna | Gupteshwar Pandey, IPS[7] | 1987 |
5 | Chhattisgarh | Raipur | D. M. Awasthi, IPS [8] | 1986 |
6 | Goa | Panaji | Mukesh Kumar Meena, IPS[9] | 1989 |
7 | Gujarat | Gandhinagar | Ashish bhatia, IPS[10] | 1985 |
8 | Haryana | Panchkula | Manoj Yadava, IPS[11] | 1988[12] |
9 | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla | Sanjay Kundu, IPS [13] | 1989 |
10 | Jharkhand | Ranchi | M.V. Rao, IPS[14] | 1987 |
11 | Karnataka | Bengaluru | Praveen Sood, IPS[15] | 1986 |
12 | Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram | Lokanath Behera, IPS[16] | 1985 |
13 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | Vivek Johri, IPS[17] | 1984 |
14 | Maharashtra | Mumbai | Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, IPS[18] | 1985 |
15 | Manipur | Imphal | L. M. Khaute, IPS[19] | 1985 |
16 | Meghalaya | Shillong | R. Chandranathan, IPS[20] | 1986 |
17 | Mizoram | Aizawl | S. B. K. Singh, IPS[21] | 1988 |
18 | Nagaland | Kohima | T. John Longkumer, IPS[22] | 1991 |
19 | Odisha | Cuttack | Abhay, IPS[23] | 1986 |
20 | Punjab | Chandigarh |
Mr.Dinkar Gupta, IPS[24] |
1987 |
21 | Rajasthan | Jaipur | Bhupendra Yadav, IPS | 1986 |
22 | Sikkim | Gangtok | Shankar Rao, IPS[25] | 1987 |
23 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai | J. K. Tripathy, IPS[26] | 1985 |
24 | Telangana | Hyderabad | M. Mahender Reddy, IPS[27] | 1986 |
25 | Tripura | Agartala | Amitabh Ranjan, IPS[28] | 1988 |
26 | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | H.C. Awasthi, IPS[29] | 1985 |
27 | Uttarakhand | Dehradun | Anil Kumar Raturi, IPS[30] | 1986 |
28 | West Bengal | Kolkata | Virendra, IPS | 1985 |
S.No | Union Territory | Headquarters | Name of the Police Chief | Batch |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Port Blair | Deependra Pathak, IPS | 1990 |
2 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | Sanjay Bainiwal, IPS[31] | 1989 |
3 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | Daman | Manish Kumar Agrawal, IPS[32] | 1996 |
4 | Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar (May-Oct) and Jammu (Nov-Apr) | Dil Bagh Singh, IPS | 1987 |
5 | Ladakh | Leh and Kargil | S. S. Khandare, IPS [33] | – |
6 | Lakshadweep | Kavaratti | Shibesh Singh, IPS | – |
7 | National Capital Territory of Delhi | Delhi | S.N. Srivastava, IPS[34] | 1985 |
8 | Puducherry | Pondicherry | S. Sundari Nanda, IPS[35] | 1988 |
See also
- Police commissioner
- Additional Director General of Police
- Chief Secretary
- Head of Forest Forces
- Advocate General
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