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Bhubaneswar, Cuttack get new DCPs

The state government on Tuesday appointed Uma Shankar Dash and Prateek Singh as the new deputy commissioners of police (DCPs) in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, respectively.
Bhubaneswar, Cuttack get new DCPs
BHUBANESWAR: The state government on Tuesday appointed Uma Shankar Dash and Prateek Singh as the new deputy commissioners of police (DCPs) in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, respectively.
This apart, the government has changed the superintendents of police (SPs) of six districts and effected a minor reshuffle in the IPS cadre.
This is the first major transfer at the IPS level amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to a notification of the home department, outgoing Bhubaneswar DCP Anup Kumar Sahoo has been appointed as the deputy inspector general (intelligence), while the outgoing Cuttack DCP Akhileshvar Singh as the SP of Puri district. Kumar, who was promoted to the rank of DIG on December 31, 2019, and was subsequently appointed as the additional commissioner of police, was holding the DCP’s post as an additional charge.
Dash and Prateek are the outgoing SPs of Puri and Kandhamal districts.
The twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack has got a new DCP (traffic). Sagarika Nath, who was heading the traffic management in the twin cities, has been appointed as the SP of Sundargarh district. Outgoing Sundargarh SP Soumya Mishra will be the new DCP (traffic) for Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.
Vinit Agarwala, who was the Nuapada SP, will now head the Kandhamal district police. Outgoing Deogarh SP Rahul Jain is the new SP of Nuapada district. SC Jamadar, who was in the state police headquarters, has been appointed as the SP of Deogarh district. Tapan Kumar Pattnaik, who was the Crime Branch SP, has become the new SP of Gajapati district. DGP-ranked officer Satyajit Mohanty, who was the director (intelligence) and was holding the additional charge as the chief of fire services and home guards, will now only head the fire services directorate.
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Debabrata Mohapatra

Debabrata Mohapatra is an Assistant Editor at The Times of India, Bhubaneswar. He had been writing for TOI from Puri since 2006 before joining the Bhubaneswar bureau in August 2010. He covers crime, law & order and Congress.

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