Mukesh Singh, IPS will be new Manipur DGP.
He is from Ladakh; AGMUT cadre.
He has been assigned the new role for a period of three years, according to an order from the appoint committee of the union cabinet.
The previous DGP Rajiv Singh is from Tripura cadre. He will now be on central deputation in the cabinet secretariat. From Tripura cadre, another key official is in Delhi these days.
Rajiv Singh, a 1993 batch IPS officer of Tripura cadre, had replaced P. Doungel on June 1, 2023 s the DGP after Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited the violence-hit Manipur.
Rajiv Singh has had vast experience in anti-militancy operations in Tripura as well as Maoist problems in Jharkhand. He had once been posted as the CRPF IG of that region and also served with the CBI.
A cricket lover, Rajiv Singh also served in strife torn Kosovo as an UN peace keeping officer when those areas were up flames.
The appointment of a new DGP for Manipur is significant. The north eastern state is slated to go for assembly elections by March 2027 along with Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Goa.
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