Director general of police

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Insignia of an Indian Police Service officer with rank of Director General of Police

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[edit]

Maharashtra Police Headquarters in Mumbai, where the state DGP sits.
Tamil Nadu Police Headquarters in Chennai, where the state DGP sits.
Uttar Pradesh Police Headquarters in Lucknow, where the state DGP sits.
Police Chiefs of States
S.No. State Headquarters Name of Police Chief Batch[4]
1 Andhra Pradesh Mangalagiri Damodar Goutam Sawang, IPS[5] 1986
2 Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar R. P. Upadhyaya, IPS[6] 1991
3 Assam Guwahati Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta, IPS[4] 1988
4 Bihar Patna S. K. Singhal, IPS 1988
5 Chhattisgarh Raipur D. M. Awasthi, IPS[7] 1986
6 Goa Panaji Mukesh Kumar Meena, IPS[8] 1989
7 Gujarat Gandhinagar Ashish Bhatia, IPS[9] 1985
8 Haryana Panchkula P. K. Agarwal, IPS[10] 1988
9 Himachal Pradesh Shimla Sanjay Kundu, IPS[11] 1989
10 Jharkhand Ranchi Niraj Sinha, IPS[12] 1987
11 Karnataka Bengaluru Praveen Sood, IPS[13] 1986
12 Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Anil Kant, IPS 1988
13 Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Vivek Johri, IPS[14] 1984
14 Maharashtra Mumbai Sanjay Pandey, IPS[15][16] 1986
15 Manipur Imphal L. M. Khaute, IPS[17] 1985
16 Meghalaya Shillong R. Chandranathan, IPS[18] 1986
17 Mizoram Aizawl S. B. K. Singh, IPS[19] 1988
18 Nagaland Kohima T. John Longkumer, IPS[20] 1991
19 Odisha Cuttack Abhay, IPS[21] 1986
20 Punjab Chandigarh Dinkar Gupta, IPS[22] 1987
21 Rajasthan Jaipur Mohan Lal Lather, IPS 1987
22 Sikkim Gangtok Shankar Rao, IPS[23] 1987
23 Tamil Nadu Chennai C. Sylendra Babu, IPS 1987
24 Telangana Hyderabad M. Mahender Reddy, IPS[24] 1986
25 Tripura Agartala V. S. Yadav, IPS[25] 1987
26 Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Mukul Goel, IPS[26] 1987
27 Uttarakhand Dehradun Ashok Kumar, IPS[27] 1986
28 West Bengal Kolkata Manoj Malaviya, IPS 1986
Headquarters of Delhi Police. It also serves as the office of Police Commissioner of Delhi, who is the ex-officio DGP of Delhi.
Police Chiefs of Union Territories
S.No Union Territory Headquarters Name of the Police Chief Batch
1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands Port Blair Satyendra Garg, IPS 1987
2 Chandigarh Chandigarh Sanjay Bainiwal, IPS[28] 1989
3 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Daman Manish Kumar Agrawal, IPS[29] 1996
4 Delhi New Delhi Rakesh Asthana, IPS 1984
5 Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar (May-Oct) and Jammu (Nov-Apr) Dil Bagh Singh, IPS 1987
6 Ladakh Leh S. S. Khandare, IPS[30] 1995
7 Lakshadweep Kavaratti Sarat Kumar Sinha, IPS 2008
8 Puducherry Pondicherry Ranvir Singh Krishnia, IPS 1989

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Reshuffle in Jharkhand police department". Business Standard. Press Trust of India. 11 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "UPSC". Upsc.gov.in. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "National Portal of India". india.gov.in. Archived from the original on 13 June 2009.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "IPS : Query Form". Mha1.nic.in. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "R.P. Thakur appointed State police chief". The Hindu. 1 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Searchfor Officers Contact Numbers". Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "Chhattisgarh Police at Glance". Chhattisgarh Police. Archived from the original on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "New director general of police (DGP) Mukesh Kumar Meena, appointed as top cop". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "PC Thakur appointed as Gujarat top cop". NDTV.com. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  10. ↑ "Senior IPS officer Manoj Yadava appointed Haryana's new DGP". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  11. ↑ "Sanjay Kundu is Himachal DGP". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  12. ↑ Department of Police, State Government of Jharkhand, India. "डीजीपी का संदेश". Jhpolice.gov.in. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. ↑ "Karnataka Police". Archived from the original on 10 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Police Chiefs - MP Police". Mppolice.gov.in. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  15. ↑ "Maharashtra: Hemant Nagrale gets additional charge of DGP". 8 January 2021.
  16. ↑ "Hemant Nagrale takes additional role of Maharashtra DGP | Mumbai News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  17. ↑ "Official Website of Manipur Police". Manipurpolice. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  18. ↑ "Govt. of Meghalaya, Home (Police) Department". Meghpol.nic.in. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  19. ↑ "Mizoram Police - Senior Police Officers". Mizoram.gov.in. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  20. ↑ "Nagaland Police - DGP Address". Nagapol.gov.in. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  21. ↑ "BK Sharma appointed as DGP of Odisha Police". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  22. ↑ "Punjab Police, India". Punjabpolice.gov.in. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  23. ↑ "SIKKIM POLICE - DGP's Message". Sikkimpolice.nic.in. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  24. ↑ "KCR Nod For Telangana DGP as M.Mahender Reddy". TSO. Hyderabad, India. 10 November 2017.[permanent dead link]
  25. ↑ Government of Tripura. "Welcome to Tripura Police, Department of Home, Government of Tripura". Tripurapolice.nic.in. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  26. ↑ "UP Police". UP Police. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  27. ↑ "Uttarakhand Police, Government of Uttarakhand". uk.gov.in. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  28. ↑ "Chandigarh Police - we care for you". Chandigarhpolice.nic.in. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  29. ↑ "Police Department " Daman & Diu " India". Ddpolice.gov.in. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  30. ↑ "Umang Narula made adviser to Ladakh's Lt Governor, SS Khandare appointed police head". Tribuneindia News Service.

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