This Senior IPS Officer To Be Next J&K Top Cop Amid Spate Of Terror Attacks

Nalin Prabhat will succeed incumbent RR Swain - a 1991 batch officer - who is set to retire on September 30.

Facing criticism over ongoing terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, the centre, in a sudden move in inter-cadre deputation, transferred Director General of National Security Guard (NSG) Nalin Prabhat to AGMUT cadre first, and then within twelve hours announced that he would be the next Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police.

The AGMUT stands for Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory cadre for which the controlling authority is the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The 1992 batch IPS officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre will succeed incumbent RR Swain - a 1991 batch officer - who is set to retire on September 30.