On Friday, Sunil Kumar Bansal took charge as the Director-General of Police (DGP) of Odisha today following the retirement of former DGP Abhay on December 31.
Abhay was named as the DGP on November 20, 2019, and had assumed charge on December 9 that year. Notably, 1986 IPS Abhay was chosen to advise the government on security-related issues.
Though he was scheduled to retire in June 2021, the government extended his service by six more months to meet the Supreme Court’s directive of ensuring a minimum tenure of two years of a DGP.
In December last year, the government had appointed retired chief secretary Asit Tripathy as the chairperson of the Western Odisha Development Council.
