Published By : Prameya News Bureau | August 16, 2024 1:38 PM
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Bhubaneswar, August 16: The Odisha government has appointed senior IPS officer Y B Khurania as the Director General of Police (DGP), who had recently returned from a central deputation. He will replace A K Sarangi.
The Odisha Home Department issued a formal notification in this regard on Friday.
He had also served as the commissioner of police, Commissionerate of Police (Bhubaneswar-Cuttack). He also served as range DIG/IG of Central Range, Southern Range and Northern Range.
Khurania, a 1990-batch officer hadearlier held several important posts in the state, including the SP of Nayagarh, Jajpur, Rourkela, Mayurbhanj and Ganjam districts.
Khurania joined the BSF as IG Frontier headquarters, south Bengal in 2018 and was promoted to Special Director General (Western Command) in July 2021 till the Union Government on August 2 approved his repatriation to his parent cadre Odisha.
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