Centre appoints senior IPS officer, Alok Sharma as the new SPG Chief

New Delhi, November 20

The Centre has appointed Uttar Pradesh cadre IPS officer Alok Sharma as thenew chief of the Special Protection Group (SPG). 

SPG is the federal agency specially formed to ensure armed security cover to the prime minister. 

Sharma has been overseeing the post after the demise of Sinha and now the Centre passed an official order appopinting him as the new Chief. 

Alok Sharma is a 1991-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer who is currently serving as additional director general of the SPG.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved his appointment as the SPG director from the date of assumption of charge of the post and until further orders, an order issued by the personnel ministry said.

The vacancy was necessitated following the demise of SPG chief Arun Kumar Sinha on September 6.

Sinha was a 1987-batch Kerala cadre IPS officer. He was 61.

The tenure of Alok Sharma has not been fixed as yet and he would serve the post till further orders, the order mentioned.