Overview
- Mukesh Singh arrived in Imphal on Saturday and is scheduled to formally assume charge as Manipur’s Director General of Police on June 1.
- The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved his move as a three-year inter-cadre deputation after a DoPT order following an MHA proposal.
- He succeeds Rajiv Singh, who has been posted to New Delhi as Secretary (Security) in the Cabinet Secretariat.
- A 1996-batch AGMUT officer and former DGP of Ladakh, Mukesh Singh is an IIT Delhi alumnus with long service in counter-insurgency roles across Jammu and Kashmir and in central agencies such as the NIA and ITBP.
- Officials say the appointment aims to boost law-and-order management, improve inter-agency coordination and support efforts to restore normalcy after the May 2023 ethnic violence, and changes to operations and displaced-person returns will be the key things to watch next.