Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Wednesday effected a minor reshuffle in IPS cadre.
According to a Home Department notification, 1997 batch IPS officer Diptesh Kumar Pattanayak, IG, Eastern Range, Balasore has been transferred and posted as IG, Prisons while 2002 batch IPS officer Narasingha Bhol, IGP, Northern Range, Sambalpur has been posted as IGP, Central Range, Cuttack.
Himanshu Kumar Lal, IG, Prisons has been posted as IGP, Eastern Range, Balasore.
On repatriation from Central deputation, 2004 batch IPS officer Dr Deepak Kumar is posted as DIGP, Northern Range, Sambalpur.
Apart from this, two senior Odisha Police Service (OPS) officers RK Paikray, presently posted as DCP, Headquarters, Bhubaneswar and DP Tripathy, Additional DCP, Bhubaneswar have been sent as SP, Deogarh and SP, Railways (SRP), Cuttack respectively, the notification added.
