Odisha: 14 IPS officers shifted

The Odisha government on Friday (30.12.2022) effected a major IPS reshuffle at the DIG and SP level giving new postings to at least 15 officers.

The names of the officers and their postings are as follows :

1. Akhilesvar Singh (IPS:2009:OR), SP of Jagatsinghpur has been promoted and posted as DIG of Special Armed Police (SAP).
2. Brijesh Kumar Rai (IPS:2009:OR), SP of Ganjam has been promoted and posted as DIG of North Central Range.
3. Charan Singh Meena (IPS:2009:OR), SP of Bhadrak has been promoted and posted as DIG of Odisha Fire Service and Home Guards.
4. Sudhanshu Sekhar Mishra (IPS:2012:OR), SP of Balasore has been transferred and posted as SP of Angul.
5. Rahul PR (IPS:2013:OR), SP of Jajpur has been transferred and posted as SP of Jagatsingpur.
6. Jagmohan Meena (IPS:2013:OR), SP of Angul has been transferred and posted as SP of Ganjam.
7. L Divya (IPS:2013:OR), SP of Vigilance has been transferred and posted as SP of Dhenkanal.
8. Pratyush Diwakar (IPS:1015:OR), SP of Nuapada has been transferred and posted as SP of Sundargarh.
9. Sagarika Nath (IPS:2016:OR), SP of Sundargarh has been transferred and posted as SP of Balasore.
10. Vinit Agarwal (IPS:2016:OR), SP of Kandhamal has been transferred and posted as SP of Jajpur.
11. Varun Guntupalli (IPS:2016:OR), SP of Koraput has been transferred and posted as SP of Bhadrak.
12. Gundala Reddy R (IPS:2019:OR), SDPO, Baliguda has been transferred and posted as SP of Nuapada.
13. Suvendu Patra (IPS:2019:OR), SDPO of Malkangiri has been transferred and posted as SP of Kandhamal.
14. Abhinav Sonkar (IPS:2019:OR), SDPO of Kesinga has been transferred and posted as SP of Koraput.
15. Gyana Ranjan Mohapatra (OPS), SP of Special Branch has been given additional charge of Dhenkanal district.