New Delhi, September 30
Senior IPS officer Nalin Prabhat is all set to take over as the new Director General of Police in Jammu and Kashmir from October 1.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had appointed Nalin Prabhat as Special Director General (SDG) of the Jammu & Kashmir Police in August.
The MHA in an order had stated, “Consequent upon joining the AGMUT [Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory] Cadre on inter-cadre deputation from Andhra Pradesh Cadre, Nalin Prabhat, IPS (AP:1992) is hereby posted to Jammu & Kashmir as Special Director General (SDG), Jammu & Kashmir Police with immediate effect and till 30.09.2024".
The order said Prabhat has also been appointed as J&K DGP with effect from October 1. He will succeed R.R. Swain (IPS), who will retire upon attaining superannuation on September 30 this year.
Swain was appointed Additional Director General of Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in 2020 in J&K, after the Union government ended J&K’s special status in August 2019.
Prabhat takes up his post in J&K at a time when militancy is posing a major challenge in the wake of stepped up attacks by battle-hardened militants trained in jungle warfare.
A 1992 batch IPS officer, Prabhat is an counter insurgency in Kashmir, and earned goodwill within the security forces during his postings to J&K in the past. He has already served as Deputy Inspector General, South Kashmir, Ops Range, and in the Srinagar Sector of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). He also served as Inspector General, Kashmir, Ops Sector, CRPF.
He was commended by a former J&K Chief Minister for tackling militancy in J&K. His work earned him the Antrik Suraksha Seva Padak, and the Police (Special Duty) Medal and Bar in J&K.
Swain was given a heartwarming farewell by the J&K Police.
