Gyanendra Pratap Singh to be Assam’s next DGP

Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Gyanendra Pratap Singh will be the next Director General of Police (DGP) of Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday.

Singh, currently the Special DGP (Law and Order), will take over from Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta, who retires at the end of this month.

Singh, a 1991-batch IPS officer from the Assam-Meghalaya cadre will take charge on February 1. An order to this effect was issued by the Home & Political Department on Saturday.