Assam DGP GP Singh Appointed As Director General Of CRPF Following Cabinet Nod

Guwahati: Gyanendra Pratap Singh, who is serving as Assam's Director General of Police has been named as Director General of Central Reserve Police Force.

This appointment follows the approval of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet who had received a proposal from the Union Home Ministry to appoint GP Singh as the DG CRPF who will continue to serve the role till November 30, 2027, or until further orders.

GP Singh is an IPS Officer of the 1991-batch who was a part of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre. On January 31, 2023, he was appointed as the Director General of Police, Assam.

The special DG of the CRPF, Vitul Kumar, will hand over his position as the DG CRPF to GP Singh, who has also served with the Special Protection Group (SPG).

He also served as the Inspector General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in 2013. In December 2019, he was appointed as the ADGP (Law and Order) of Assam during the Citizenship Amendment Act protests that has taken over the state.

He was also appointed as the Director of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption in Assam during his tenure as Special DGP (Law and Order).

In 2021, he headed the Rhino Protection Task Force, which was an initiative taken by the Assam Government in and effort to preserve and protect the wildlife.

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