Kolkata: The West Bengal government recently announced the appointment of Bhagwati Prasad Gopalika, a 1989-batch IAS officer, as the State’s new Chief Secretary and IPS Rajeev Kumar, has been posted as the acting Director General of Police (DGP) for the state, as an additional charge.
Kumar is currently serving as the secretary of the state Information and Technology Department, and will be taking over from the retiring Manoj Malviya. Kumar is an alumnus of IIT Roorkee and a former Kolkata Police Commissioner. He has served in key roles within the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Special Task Force (STF), and the state IT Department.
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