IPS Utkal Ranjan Sahoo takes charge as acting DGP

Jaipur: Senior IPS officer Utkal Ranjan Sahoo took charge as acting Director General of Police of Rajasthan at police HQ here on Saturday.

The 1988-batch IPS officer, who is currently the director general of Rajasthan home guards, took additional charge after DGP Umesh Mishra took voluntary retirement on Saturday.

After assuming the charge, Sahoo said that based on instructions and priorities of the state government, the police force would work towards preventing crime against women, gang war and cyber crimes.

The acting DGP said effective action will be taken against gangsters, those involved in cybercrimes and crimes against women.

Senior police officers, including Director General (Law and Order) Rajeev Sharma, Director General (Cyber Security) Ravi Mehrada, Additional Directors General Sanjay Agarwal, Govind Gupta, Anil Paliwal, Sanjib Narzary, Vishal Bansal and VK Singh were present at police headquarters to welcome Sahoo.