Bhubaneswar, July 9: Senior IPS officer Sanjeeb Panda has been appointed as the Additional Director General (ADG), Anti-Naxal Operations with immediate effect. A notification to this effect was issued by the Home Department on Wednesday.
Panda, a 1994-batch IPS officer, is currently posted as the ADG, Training and Director, Biju Patnaik State Police Academy (BPSPA).
According to the notification, Panda will look after functioning of both Special Intelligence Wing and Anti-Naxal Operations and will directly report to the Director General of Police (DGP).
Anup Kumar Sahoo, a 2006-batch IPS officer who is now serving as the IGP, Training, BPSPA will remain in charge of Director, BPSPA until further orders, the notification added.
Similarly, 2009-batch IPS officer Akhileshvar Singh has been appointed as the DIG, Special Intelligence Wing (SIW), Bhubaneswar while 2010-batch officer KV Singh will serve as DIG, South Western Range (SWR), Koraput with immediate effect.