Nalin Prabhat takes over as DGP

Srinagar, Oct 1: Senior IPS officer Nalin Prabhat Tuesday took over as the 18th Director General of Police (DGP) of Jammu and Kashmir at Police Headquarters here in Srinagar and replaced Rashmi Ranjan Swain.

An official said that Prabhat was received by senior officers of the department.

Several top officials were also present on the occasion.

A 1992 batch IPS officer, Prabhat is considered to have expertise in insurgency in Kashmir and earned goodwill within the security forces during his postings to J&K in the past.

He has already served as Deputy Inspector General (DIG), South Kashmir, Operations Range, and in the Srinagar Sector of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

He also served as Inspector General, Kashmir, Ops Sector, CRPF.

His work earned him the Antrik Suraksha Seva Padak, and the Police (Special Duty) Medal and Bar in J&K.

The outgoing DGP, R R Swain, an IPS from 1991, took over the top position in 2023.

Swain also served as Special DG CID and the intelligence chief of J&K in June 2020.