Satyajit Mohanty takes charge as Police Commissioner in Odisha
Friday - August 3, 2018 1:50 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Bhubaneswar Aug 3 (IANS) Senior IPS Officer Satyajit Mohanty took charge as Police Commissioner of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar on Friday.
After receiving the guard of honour Mohanty took charge from the outgoing Police Commissioner YB Khurania who has been appointed as Additional DGP (Provisioning).
"It s a huge responsibility and an opportunity as well to serve the people. I will try to gain the confidence of the public and ensure better policing " said Mohanty.
He said the upcoming Men s Hockey World Cup 2018 scheduled to be held at Kalinga Stadium here in November-December will be a challenge for the commissionerate police.
Mohanty who is an IPS officer of the 1988 batch had won the Police medal in 2004 and the President s medal in 2012 for his distinguished service.
He became the sixth police commissioner of the Commissionerate Police.
--IANS cd/anp/sed
After receiving the guard of honour Mohanty took charge from the outgoing Police Commissioner YB Khurania who has been appointed as Additional DGP (Provisioning).
"It s a huge responsibility and an opportunity as well to serve the people. I will try to gain the confidence of the public and ensure better policing " said Mohanty.
He said the upcoming Men s Hockey World Cup 2018 scheduled to be held at Kalinga Stadium here in November-December will be a challenge for the commissionerate police.
Mohanty who is an IPS officer of the 1988 batch had won the Police medal in 2004 and the President s medal in 2012 for his distinguished service.
He became the sixth police commissioner of the Commissionerate Police.
--IANS cd/anp/sed
