Former TN top cop named Odisha CIC

BHUBANESWAR: Former Tamil Nadu DGP Jalada Kumar Tripathy has been appointed the state chief information commissioner (CIC), a government notification issued on Thursday said. The post was lying vacant after Sunil Mishra retired on August 15.
Tripathy said he would comment on the new role after formally taking the charge. Government sources said he is likely to take oath in the first week of October.
1985-batch Tamil Nadu cadre, Tripathy has an illustrious career of three decades in policing before he retired as the Tamil Nadu police chief in June.
Born in a village near Salipur in Cuttack district, Tripathy completed his graduation in political science from the erstwhile GM College, Sambalpur, and MA from Jawaharlal Nehru University. He briefly worked as an Indian Information Service officer before making it to the IPS. Tripathy received several honours.
Earlier, a selection committee, chaired by chief minister Naveen Patnaik, had approved of Tripathy’s name for the role on Tuesday and sent for Governor Ganeshi Lal’s approval.