New Manipur police chief appointee
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, June 01 2023:
Amidst the month-long ethnic violence in the state, the government of Ma-nipur on Thursday appointed senior IPS officer Rajiv Singh, belonging to the Tripura cad-re, as Director General of Police (DGP) replacing in-cumbent state police chief Poatirunang Doungel.
According to an official order of the Department of Personnel and Adminis-trative Reforms, P Doungel, a 1987 batch IPS officer of Manipur cadre has been posted in the newly-created post of Officer-on-Special Duty (OSD) in the Home Department.
The order said that the Governor of Manipur is pleased to order that Rajiv Singh, a 1993 batch IPS offi-cer should take charge of the post of DGP, Manipur from P Doungel immediately upo joining the state governmen Rajiv Singh, who was ear her Director Fire and Emer gency Service and Additioru Director General of Polk (Law and Order) of Tripura is currently the Inspecto General of CRPF.
Manipur has witnesse.
unprecedented ethnic vio lence that has ravaged th state since May 3, leaving a least 80 dead and over 30 injured besides the destruc tion of around 2,000 house! huge number of governmer and private properties an a large number of vehicles The violence broke ou after a 'Tribal Solidarit March' was organised in 1 hill districts by the All Tribi Students' Union of Manipu to protest the Meitei commu pity's demand for Schedule Tribe status.
It was preceded by tension over the eviction of Kuki villagers by the state government from reserve forest land, which had led to a series of smaller agitations in four districts.
Soon after the violence broke out, the central government had appointed former chief of the Central Reserve Police Force and retired IPS Kuldiep Singh as a security adviser to the Manipur government.
(With inputs from IANS) .