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COVID-19 Duty: Odisha IPS Officer Appointed Special Secy, Home

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Inspector General of Police (Operation) Amitabh Thakur has been appointed as Special Secretary, Home Department, to look after matters relating to COVID-19 in addition to his existing duties.

The Home Department notified this on Friday.

The 1998-batch IPS officer is also in-charge of the control room with a 24-hour helpline for queries relating to lockdown and people of Odisha in distress.

OB Bureau

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