Overview

• An order issued on September 26 by Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao posts him as DGP (Coordination) and assigns full additional charge as Head of Police Force.
• He succeeds incumbent DGP Dr Jitender, who retires on September 30 on attaining the age of superannuation.
• Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy handed over the appointment orders, the Chief Minister’s Office said.
• A 1994-batch IPS officer, he was the first chief of Telangana’s Intelligence Department in 2014, returned to that role in December 2023, and was elevated to DGP rank in August 2024.
• His career spans leadership of SIB and the Anti-Corruption Bureau, a stint as Visakhapatnam police commissioner, service with Greyhounds, a UNMIK deputation, and multiple national honors.