Odisha Effects Major IPS Reshuffle; Senior Officers Transferred Across Districts and Key Units

The Government of Odisha’s Home Department on Saturday issued a significant notification transferring and posting several Indian Police Service (IPS) and Odisha Police Service (OPS) officers across the state.

The order (No. 18056), affects officers serving in various capacities including Superintendents of Police (SPs), Additional SPs, and key positions in Crime Branch, STF, Special Branch, and other units.

Key Transfers:

•  Shri Madkar Sandeep Sampat, IPS (RR-2012), currently SP, Nawarangpur (in the grade of DIGP), has been posted as DIG of Police, CID-CB, Odisha, Cuttack.

•  Sri Parmar Smit Parshottamdas, IPS (RR-2013), SP, CID, CB, Odisha, Cuttack, has been moved as SP, Nayagarh.

•  Sri Vivekanand Sharma, IPS (RR-2014), SP, Khurda, has been posted as SP, CID, CB, Odisha, Cuttack.

•  Ms. Swathy S. Kumar (RR-2017), SP, Rayagada, has been transferred as SP, STF, Bhubaneswar.

•  Sri Prahalad Sahai Meena, IPS (RR-2017), SP, Baragarh, has been posted as SP, Gajapati.

•  Ms. S. Susree, IPS (RR-2018), SP, Nayagarh, has been moved to SP, Vigilance.

•  Shri Raj Prasad, IPS (RR-2018), SP, Special Branch, has been posted as SP, Rayagada.

•  Shri Suvendu Kumar Patra, IPS (RR-2019), SP, Ganjam, has been transferred as SP, Khurda.

•  Shri Rahul Goel, IPS (RR-2020), SP, Boudh, has been posted as SP, Special Branch.

•  Shri Harisha B. C., IPS (RR-2020), SP, Kandhamal, has been moved as SP, Ganjam.

•  Shri Kashyap Parth Jagdish, IPS (RR-2021), Additional SP, Bhadrak, has been posted as SP, Nawarangpur.

Further transfers include:

•  Shri Kuldeep Meena, IPS (RR-2021), currently ADC to Hon’ble Governor, has been posted as SP, Boudh.

•  Shri Ramendra Prasad, IPS (RR-2022), Additional SP, Rayagada, has been transferred as SP, Kandhamal.

•  Ms. Ananya Awasthi, IPS (RR-2022), ACP, UPID, Cuttack, has been posted as ADC to Hon’ble Governor.

•  Shri Krishna Prasad Patnaik, OPS(SAG), SP, CID-CB, Odisha, Cuttack, has been moved as SP, Signals.

•  Shri Rabindra Nath Satapathy, OPS(SAG), SP, S.T.F., Bhubaneswar, has been posted as SP, Baragarh.

•  Shri Krishna Prasad Das, OPS(S), SP, Special Branch, has been transferred as SP, SRP, Rourkela.

•  Shri Kishore Chandra Mund, OPS(S), DCP, UPID, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack, has been posted as SP, Deogarh.