Jammu, August 15:
A day after he was transferred from Andhra Pradesh to the AGMUT cadre, the decorated Indian Police Service (IPS ) officer Nalin Prabhat has been appointed as the next Director General of Police (DGP) of Jammu and Kashmir.
According to an order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Nalin Prabhat would be the new Director General of Police after the incumbent DGP R R Swain would retire on September 30, 2024.
“Consequent upon joining the AGMUT Cadre on inter-cadre deputation from Andhra Pradesh Cadre, Sh. Nalin Prabhat, IPS (AP:1992) is hereby posted to Jammu & Kashmir as Special Director General (SDG), Jammu & Kashmir Police with immediate effect and till 30.09.2024”, the order issued by the Home Ministry reads.
“Further, upon the retirement of Sh. R.R. Swain, IPS (AGMUT:1991) on 30.09.2024, Sh. Nalin Prabhat, IPS (AP:1992) is appointed as DGP, Jammu & Kashmir w.e.f. 01.10.2024 and until further orders. This issues with the approval of the Competent Authority”, reads the order issued by B G Knishnan.
On Wednesday, the government curtailed Prabhat’s tenure as NSG director general and ordered his inter-cadre deputation from Andhra Pradesh to the AGMUT.
Nalin Prabhat, a 1992 batch IPS officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre, is being posted as Special Director General (SDG), Jammu & Kashmir Police until September 30, 2024, the order said.
The order said Nalin Prabhat will take up charge as DGP, Jammu & Kashmir, with effect from October 1.
Who is Nalin Prabhat
Nalin Prabhat, 55, is a three-time police gallantry medal winner and has headed the specialised anti-Naxal police force ‘Greyhounds’ of Andhra Pradesh, his former cadre state.
Nalin Prabhat has served in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) as he headed its Kashmir region deployment as the IG operations and ADG.
An order issued by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) said on Wednesday it was approving a proposal of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to “curtail” the tenure of the 1992-batch IPS as DG of the National Security Guard (NSG).
