Jaipur, October 28: Senior IPS officer Umesh Mishra will be the new Rajasthan Director General of Police (DGP). The 1989-batch officer will take over as the DGP upon the retirement of incumbent M L Lather on November 3, an order issued by the department of personnel on Thursday night said. Rajasthan: NHRC Issues Notice to Chief Secretary on Reported ‘Auctioning of Girls on Stamp Paper’, ‘Rape of Their Mothers’ on Caste Panchayat Diktats.

Mishra, who is currently the DG Intelligence, has been appointed as the DG (head of police force for a period of two years (irrespective of his date of superannuation) or until further orders, whichever is earlier, it said. At the same time, he has also been promoted to the apex scale (Level 17 in the pay matrix) of the Indian Police Service, the order read. Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot Says Bharat Jodo Yatra To Bring About Change in Atmosphere in Country.

Mishra has held posts like Additional Director General of Police (ADG) Intelligence, ADG Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and Special Operations Group (SOG), ADG Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), IG Bharatpur in the past. He has also been the Superintendent of Police of Kota city, Bharatpur, Pali and Churu districts.

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