Gujarat Police

Gujarat Police
ગુજરાત પોલીસ
Gujarat Police; ગુજરાત પોલીસ
	File:Gujarat Police Logo.png
Abbreviation	GP
Motto	सेवा सुरक्षा शांति (Sanskrit); Service security peace
Agency overview
Formed	01 May, 1960
Annual budget	₹5,499 crore (US$770 million) (2019–20 est.)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Gujarat, India
	Map of Gujarat Police's jurisdiction.
Size	196,024 km2 (75,685 sq mi)
Population	60,383,628 (2011)
Legal jurisdiction	Gujarat, India
Governing body	Government of Gujarat
Constituting instrument	The Gujarat Police Act, 1951;
General nature	Local civilian police;
Operational structure
Headquarters	Gandhinagar
Minister responsible	Harsh Sanghavi, Minister of State (Home);
Agency executive	Ashish Bhatia, IPS, DGP;
Parent agency	Department of Home (Gujarat)
Child agencies	Ahmedabad City Police ; Vadodara City Police ; Rajkot City Police ; Surat City Police;
Website
	police.gujarat.gov.in/dgp/default.aspx

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The Gujarat Police Department is the law enforcement agency for the state of Gujarat in India. The Gujarat Police has its headquarters in Gandhinagar, the state capital.

The Gujarat Police Department came into existence after Gujarat's separation from the Greater Mumbai state on 1 May 1960.

Organisation[edit]

The Gujarat Police Department is headed by Director General of Police (DGP.). It has four Commissioners' offices : Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot and Surat. There are nine ranges in the Gujarat Police: Ahmedabad, Surat, Gandhinagar, Vadodara, Rajkot, Junagadh, Bhavnagar, Dahod Panchmahal and Border Range. For police administration the state is further divided into 33 police districts and Western Railway Police.

Gujarat Police has some branches for special tasks: Crime, anti-terrorist squad (ATS) and the Intelligence wing. The Gujarat Police was the first state police department to crack the serial bomb blast mystery during 2007–08 in many Indian cities including 2008 Ahmedabad bombings ^[2]

Leaders[edit]

On 31 July 2020 Ahmedabad Police Commissioner Ashish Bhatiya was elevated to the post of Director General of Police (DGP) after incumbent Shivanand Jha retired after his extended tenure ended on July 31. Mr. Ashish Bhatiya is a 1985 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre. He will remain the State DGP till May 2022.Mr. Shivanand Jha was to retire in April but was given a three-month extension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sanjay Srivastava is appointed as Police Commissioner of Ahmedabad City on 01-Aug-2020.

An anti-terror expert, Mr. Bhatia is credited with playing a major role in solving the 2008 serial blasts case in Ahmedabad in which more than 50 people were killed in the city. He was Joint Commissioner of in Ahmedabad crime branch.

Ajay Tomar, special CP of crime branch, is the new CP of Surat City. Surat CP R B Brahmbhatt has been appointed the chief of Vadodara City.

References[edit]

↑ "Gujarat Budget Analysis 2019–2020" (PDF). PRS Legislative Research.
↑ Pathak, Anil (18 August 2008). "Cracking the case was Herculean effort". DNA India.

[1] "Gujarat Budget Analysis 2019–2020" (PDF). PRS Legislative Research.

[2] Pathak, Anil (18 August 2008). "Cracking the case was Herculean effort". DNA India.

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