Bhubaneswar: Two days after effecting a minor reshuffle in the IPS cadre, the Odisha Government on Monday modified postings of two SPs.
CID-Crime Branch SP Parmar Smit Parshottamdas, an officer of 2013-batch, has been transferred and posted as SP in Khurda instead of Nayagarh. Similarly, Ganjam SP Suvendu Kumar Patra will take charge in Nayagarh instead of Khurda. “The transfer and posting ofParmar Smit Parshottamdas, IPS (RR-2013), SP CID, CB, Odisha as SP, Nayagarh made vide Home Department Notification No. 18056/IPS dated 23.
05.2026 is hereby modified and he is now posted as SP, Khurda. The transfer and posting of Suvendu Kumar Patra, IPS (RR-2019), SP Ganjam as SP, Khurda made vide Home Department Notification No. 18056/IPS dated 23.05.2026 is hereby modified and he is now posted as SP, Nayagarh,” the notification issued by the Home Department said.
On Saturday, the government had transferred and posted several officers, changing SPs in 10 districts amid growing concerns over the deteriorating law and order situation in Odisha after the mob lynching of a GRP constable at Balianta, on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, on May 7. The changes come shortly after Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi reviewed the state’s law and order situation, emphasising the need for efficient, alert, and accountable policing to support development and ensure public safety.