As expected, 1993 batch senior IPS officer Mr Rajiv Singh has been appointed the Director General of Police (DGP) in violence hit Manipur. After various meetings held by Union Home Minister Amit Shah who landed in Manipur on May 29 evening, Mr Singh who was wroking as inspector general of CRPF, had been sent to Manipur and was likely to be appointed to a key post to handle the prevailing security situation in the state.
Mr Singh replaces P Doungel, a 1987 batch IPS officer, who has been transferred to the post of OSD (Home) amid ethnic tension in the state, according to an official order by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Mr Singh is a Tripura cadre IPS officer. He had been sent to Manipur on inter-cadre deputation for three years.
“The Governor of Manipur is also pleased to order that Shri Rajiv Singh, IPS (TR: 93) should take charge of the post of DGP, Manipur from Shri P. Doungel, IPS (MA:87) immediately upon joining the State Government,” the order read.
The transfer comes at a time Manipur is seeing ethnic conflict since violence broke out in the state on May 3, the toll of which has climbed to 80. The state witnessed a sudden spurt in clashes and firing between militants and security forces on Sunday, after a relative lull for over a fortnight.
