Jaipur, Jun 30 (PTI) The Rajasthan government on Monday appointed senior IPS officer Rajeev Kumar Sharma as the new Director General of Police.

He succeeds Utkal Ranjan Sahoo, who recently retired from the post and was appointed as Chairman of Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC).

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Ravi Prakash Mehrada, DGP of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), had been given the additional charge of the DGP of the state after Sahoo's retirement.

Sharma is presently posted as director general of the Bureau of Police Research and Development, New Delhi, and is among the senior IPS officers of the state cadre. He was earlier DGP of Rajasthan's Anti-Corruption Bureau.

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He hails from Mathura, Uttar Pradesh and has a vast experience in policing and administration. He was awarded the President's Police Medal in 2014.

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