Gyanendra Pratap Singh

Gyanendra Pratap Singh is a 1991 batch (44 RR)[3] IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.[4] He is the current Special Director General of Assam Police, and had previously served as the Inspector General in NIA. He was transferred to his parent cadre (Assam-Meghalaya cadre) in 2019 as ADGP (Law & Order) amid the chaotic situation during protests against CAA.[5]

Special director general

Gyanendra Pratap Singh

Indian Police Service
Born (1967-11-08) 8 November 1967
Police career
CountryIndia
DepartmentAssam Police
Branch
Service years1991-Present[1]
StatusActive
RankSpecial director general of police (Law & Order)
CadreAssam-Meghalaya
AwardsThe Chief Ministers Special Service Medal[2]

Apart from the SDGP Charge,[6] he is also serving as the Director of Vigilance and Anti Corruption, Assam.[7][8]

Police career

Singh, a 1991 batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre IPS, has worked in various departments in different capacity. Singh has served in below key positions for both Union and Assam Governments (Police)-


In 2009, G P Singh, the then DIG of Assam police, led a secret mission and arrested Commander-in-Chief of Dima Halam Daogah Jewel Gorlosa from Bangalore.[11]

Controversies

During the Citizenship Amendment Act protests, five protesters were killed, while the then ADG (Additional Director General) of Police, G P Singh commented controversial remark before media: “If a couple of bullet injuries can bring the situation to normalcy, it is ok.”[12]

See also

References
  1. "G P Singh IPS empanelled as ADG at GoI | Indian Bureaucracy is an Exclusive News Portal". 2020-04-30. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  2. "Assam: Police Top Brass Among 54 Officers Conferred With Chief Minister's Medal". www.guwahatiplus.com. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  3. "Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy Alumni Gallery 44RR". Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  4. Singh, Vijaita (2019-12-13). "Centre sends NIA IG G.P. Singh to Assam to quell stir". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  5. "NIA top cop GP Singh off to Assam to 'take charge' as law and order deteriorates". The Print. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Assam Police Announce Transfers And Promotions At Top Level". GPlus. GPlus. 8 February 2022.
  7. "Key Officials | Vigilance & Anti Corruption | Government Of Assam, India". dgvigilance.assam.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  8. "Largest SI Recruitment in Assam Police: Four ADGPs Redesignated". TIME8 News. 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  9. "Key Officials (Assam Police HQ) | Assam Police | Government Of Assam, India". police.assam.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  10. "4 Assam Police top brass re-designated". INSIDE NE. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  11. "Jewel Gorlossa arrested in Bangalore". Mid-Day. Mid-Day. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  12. "'Police fired without warning': As two Guwahati teenagers are killed, eyewitnesses recall the horror". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 2019-12-14. Retrieved 13 December 2019.

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