Overview
- Alok Raj, a 1989-batch IPS officer, confirmed to The New Indian Express that he resigned from the Bihar Staff Selection Commission.
- He had been appointed to a post-retirement five-year term through a state government notification issued last week.
- He assumed office on January 1, 2026, after retiring on December 31, 2025, as chairman-cum-managing director of the Bihar Police Building Construction Corporation.
- He previously held additional charge of the commission following a brief 105-day tenure as Bihar DGP in 2024, after which Vinay Kumar became DGP.
- His abrupt exit has drawn notice in bureaucratic and political circles, and no successor has been announced in the current coverage.