IMPHAL: Senior IPS officer Rajiv Singh was on June 1 appointed as the new Director General of Police of Manipur, an official order said. Singh replaces P Doungel, it said. On May 30, Rajiv Singh, who was working as an Inspector General with the CRPF, has been sent to Manipur as per an order from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
According to an official order, Singh, a 1993-batch IPS officer of the Tripura cadre, has been sent to Manipur on inter-cadre deputation for three years.
“The undersigned is directed to refer to the subject cited above and to convey the approval of Appointments Committee of the Cabinet for Inter-cadre deputation of Shri Rajiv Singh, IPS (TR:93), presently working as IG, CRPF, from Tripura cadre to Manipur cadre for a period of three years from the date of joining, in relaxation of the policy as a special case in public interest,” the union home ministry order had said.
Soon after the violence broke out in the state on May 3, the Central Government appointed former chief of the CRPF Kuldiep Singh as a security adviser to the Manipur government.
