New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Senior Odisha-cadre IPS officer Amrit Mohan Prasad took charge as the Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) on Saturday. He succeeded Daljit Singh Chaudhary.
Sources said Chaudhary handed over the customary baton to Prasad at SSB headquarters in New Delhi.
Prasad, a 1989-barch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Odisha cadre was on Friday appointed as the Director General of SSB. He was working as Special Director General, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
Prasad was serving as DG Prisons in Odisha before being appointed as the Special DG, CRPF.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Friday approved Prasad’s appointment to the post of Director General, SSB for a tenure up to the date of his superannuation on August 31, 2025, said the order issued by the Personnel Ministry.
The SSB guards the country’s frontiers with Nepal and Bhutan.
The vacancy necessitated after SSB chief Daljit Singh Chaudhary was appointed as the DG of Border Security Force (BSF) on August 28.
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