Bhubaneswar, Sept 25: 2015-batch IPS officer Dr Saravana Vivek M on Friday assumed charge as the new Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Bhubaneswar.
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Vivek, who was serving as Superintendent of Police (SP), Berhampur, was appointed as Bhubaneswar DCP by the Odisha government on September 22 as part of a four-officer IPS reshuffle.
He succeeds Jagmohan Meena, whose resignation from government service was accepted by the Centre with effect from September 11.
An MBBS graduate, Vivek joined the Indian Police Service in 2015. He has previously served as SP of Rayagada and Berhampur and was posted as Berhampur SP in October 2024.
Meanwhile, 2019-batch IPS officer Abhinav Sonkar has been appointed as the new SP of Berhampur. He was earlier serving as SP of Dhenkanal.
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As part of the same reshuffle, 2022-batch IPS officer Mane Ajinkya Baburao, formerly Additional SP, Paradip, has been posted as SP of Dhenkanal. 2021-batch IPS officer A B Silpa has been posted as SDPO, Bargarh.
