Chandigarh Police

Chandigarh Police
Chandigarh Police
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Motto	We care for you
Agency overview
Employees	6000
Annual budget	₹508.06 crore (US$71.2 million) (2020-21)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	India
Legal jurisdiction	Chandigarh
General nature	Local civilian police;
Operational structure
Headquarters	Chandigarh Police Headquarters, Sector 9-D, Chandigarh
Parent agency	Home Department, Chandigarh Administration
Facilities
Stations	11
Website
	chandigarhpolice.nic.in

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The Chandigarh Police is the law enforcement agency for the Union Territory of Chandigarh in India. Chandigarh Police has its headquarters at sector 9 D, Chandigarh. The head of the state police is the Home Secretary of Chandigarh. The current Home Secretary of Chandigarh is Sh. Arun Kumar Gupta IAS, 1992 Haryana Cadre.Chandigarh has the highest police density as compared to all other states and Union Territories across India.^[2] As of 2015^[update], there are 5295.6 policemen per 100 km² area in Chandigarh.

List of former IGPs of Chandigarh
Sr. No	Name	Tenure
1	B.N. Mehra, IPS	28 May 1979 to 31 March 1983
2	N.K. Singhal, IPS	9 May 1983 to 23 May 1985
3	R.K. Ohri, IPS	23 May 1985 to 16 January 1987
4	V.N, Singh, IPS	16 January 1987 to 6 March 1989
5	G.S. Sandhu, IPS	6 March 1989 to 30 July 1990
6	R.S. Gupta, IPS	30 July 1990 to 29 September 1993
7	Y.S. Dadwal, IPS	29 September 1993 to 26 December 1995
8	R.P. Singh, IPS	27 December 1995 to 5 April 1999
9	Dr Kiran Bedi, IPS	5 April 1999 to 18 May 1999
10	S.K. Singh, IPS	1 June 1999 to 30 June 2000
11	B.S. Bassi, IPS	1 July 2000 to 9 December 2002
12	Rajesh Kumar, IPS	9 December 2002 to 27 April 2005
13	Satish Chandra, IPS	27 April 2005 to 9 October 2006
14	S.K Jain, IPS	9 October 2006 to 14 September 2009
15	P.K Srivastava, IPS	5 December 2010 to 29 August 2012
16	R.P Upadhyaya, IPS	30 January 2013 to 8 March 2016
17	T.S. Luthra, IPS	8 March 2016 to 26 June 2018
18	Sanjay Beniwal, IPS	27 June 2018 to till date

Organizational structure[edit]

Chandigarh Police comes under direct control of Department of Home Affairs, Chandigarh administration. The department is headed by the Home Secretary of Chandigarh.

Name	Current Posting
Sanjay Beniwal, IPS	Director General of Police
Karandeep Nain, IPS	DIG Chandigarh
(Mr) Kuldeep Singh Chahal, IPS	SSP Chandigarh
Ravi Kumar Singh, IPS	SP Operation
Eish Singhal, IPS	SP Headquarters
Shashank Anand, IPS	SSP Security & Traffic
Roshan Lal, CPS	Commandant - IRB Chandigarh

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References[edit]

↑ "Expenditure Budget - Ministry of Home Affairs - Chandigarh" (PDF). Expenditure Budget | Union Budget of India. Ministry of Finance. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
↑ Ajay Deep. "Chandigarh Police has highest police density in India". Chandigarhmetro.com. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
↑ "Chandigarh Police - we care for you". Chandigarhpolice.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

External links[edit]

Chandigarh Police official page

[1] "Expenditure Budget - Ministry of Home Affairs - Chandigarh" (PDF). Expenditure Budget | Union Budget of India. Ministry of Finance. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

[2] Ajay Deep. "Chandigarh Police has highest police density in India". Chandigarhmetro.com. Retrieved 4 August 2017.

[3] "Chandigarh Police - we care for you". Chandigarhpolice.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

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