Shillong, Jan 7: Home Minister Lahkmen Rymbui on Thursday informed that the process for appointing Meghalaya’s new Director General of Police (DGP) is currently underway and that a decision will be taken at an appropriate time.
The Minister, however, mentioned that there is no time frame to appoint a new DGP.
Mentionably, Meghalaya government has shortlisted the names of five IPS officers for appointment as the next DGP: Mukesh Agarwal, KV Singh Deo, L Ram Bishnoi, SN Singh and Idashisha Nongrang.
Except for Nongrang, all the IPS officers are currently serving with the Assam government.
Agarwal (1989 batch) is the Special DGP (Border), Deo (1989 batch) the Special DGP (Prosecution/BIEO), Bishnoi (1991 batch) – Additional DGP (T&AP) and Singh (1991 batch) – Special DGP.
Nongrang (1992 batch) is the junior-most officer and was recently promoted as the Special DGP, Meghalaya.
Also, State government has already forwarded the five names to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
Different political parties and pressure groups here want the state government to give preference to a local IPS officer who is likely to understand the ground situation better.
