In a significant development, senior Indian Police Service officer Mr. Nalin Prabhat has been mandated to take charge as the new Director General of the Jammu and Kashmir Police from October 1st, succeeding IPS R R Swain, who shall retire on September 30th. The announcement came shortly after Officer Prabhat’s tenure as the Director General of the National Security Guard (NSG) was curtailed by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The MHA’s order affirmed IPS Prabhat’s immediate transfer to Jammu and Kashmir as Special Director General of Police and further stated that upon Officer Swain’s (1991-batch IPS officer) retirement, Mr. Prabhat should succeed him.
Mr. Nalin Prabhat, who is a 1992-batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IPS officer, has served in the Jammu & Kashmir Police in various capacities for over twelve years. He had earlier served as the Additional DG of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Inspector General of CRPF and his tenure in Jammu and Kashmir has made him deft in the anti-terror grid operations and given him deep familiarity with the region’s security dynamics.
