Odisha: 17 IPS officers shifted; Sanjay Kumar Kaushal is new IG, EOW

In a significant reshuffle, the Odisha government on Thursday issued transfer and posting orders of 17 IPS officers, bringing wide-ranging changes across police ranges, districts, and specialized wings.

According to the notification, Dr. Santosh Bala (IPS:1995:OR), Director SCRB with additional charge of Director SFSL, Bhubaneswar, has been posted as Director, SFSL. Similarly, S Praveen Kumar (IPS:2002:OR), IG of Police, Central Range, Cuttack, has been appointed as IG of Police, Provisioning, while Gajbhiye Satish Kumar Iswardas (IPS:2002:OR) has been posted as IG of Police, Special Armed Police. Sanjay Kumar Kaushal (IPS:2003:OR) moves from IG of Police, Vigilance Organization, to IG of Police, Economic Offences Wing (EOW), and Avinash Kumar (IPS:2007:OR) has been shifted from IG of Police, SAP, Bhubaneswar, to Director, State Crime Record Bureau.

At the DIG level, Satyajit Naik (IPS:2008:OR), currently DIG of Police, Eastern Range, Balasore, will now serve as DIG of Police, Central Range, while Pinak Mishra (IPS:2011:OR) has been transferred from SP, Puri (in the rank of DIG) to DIG of Police, Eastern Range, Balasore.

Several SP-level changes have also been notified. Parmar Singh Parshottamdas (IPS:2013:OR), SP, Jharsuguda, has been transferred as SP, Crime Branch; Vivekanand Sharma (IPS:2014:OR), SP, Railways, Cuttack, has been posted as SP, Khurda; Prateek Singh (IPS:2014:OR), SP, Cuttack Rural, has been moved to Puri as SP; Pratyush Diwaker (IPS:2015:OR) from Sundargarh to SP, Balasore; Vinit Agrawal (IPS:2016:OR), OSD, State Police Hqrs, transferred as SP, Cuttack (Rural); Raj Prasad (IPS:2018:OR), SP, Balasore, has been appointed SP, Special Branch; and Gundala Reddy Raghavendra (IPS:2019:OR), SP, Naupada, has been posted as SP, Jharsuguda.

Among younger officers, Ankit Kumar Verma (IPS:2021:OR), Additional DCP, Bhubaneswar UPD, will now serve as SP, Jagatsinghpur, while Amritpal Singh (IPS:2021:OR), Additional SP, Khurda, is posted as SP, Nuapada. Ms. Amritpal Kaur (IPS:2021), Additional DCP, Bhubaneswar UPD, has been given charge as SP, Sundargarh. In addition, Bhawani Shankar Udgata (OPS), SP Jagatsinghpur, has been transferred as SP, Railway Cuttack.