Overview
- A Home Department order formally appointed the 1990-batch IPS officer as Director General of Police and Head of Police Force.
- He will assume charge on January 3 when incumbent Rashmi Shukla retires.
- The term is fixed for two years regardless of his superannuation date in line with the Prakash Singh jurisprudence.
- His posting follows premature repatriation from central deputation as NIA director general approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
- Date is a 26/11 gallantry awardee with prior stints in the ATS, CBI and CRPF, and he steps in as local body elections keep law and order in focus.