The Jharkhand government on Tuesday (14.02.2023) appointed senior IPS officer Ajay Kumar Singh (IPS:1989:JH) as the new Director General of Police (DGP) of the state. He has been appointed as the new state police chief upon the retirement of Neeraj Sinha (IPS:1987:JH) as DGP on February 11.
Prior to this assignment, Singh was serving as Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Jharkhand Police Housing Corporation Ltd and was holding charge of DG, Anti Corruption Bureau, Jharkhand.,
This ended the row over the appointment of the DGP as the Supreme Court had in January disposed of a contempt petition against the Jharkhand government and former DGP Neeraj Sinha after the state government said it has received the names of three IPS officers from the UPSC and would appoint new DGP on February 12.
A petition alleged that Sinha had continued to serve as DGP after his retirement on January 31, 2022.
