Senior IPS officer Abhay repatriated to Odisha, to head state police

Senior IPS officer Abhay (IPS:1986:OR) was on Friday sent back to his parent cadre Odisha, where he will take over as the state police chief. Presently, he is working as Director, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved his premature repatriation to Odisha with immediate effect.

The Odisha government had last month named Abhay as the Director General of Police (DGP) in place of B K Sharma (IPS:1986:OR).