Senior IPS officer R.R. Swain, currently working as Special DG in the Jammu and Kashmir Police, has been given additional charge as the Director General of the state’s police force with effect from November 1.
Swain will take over from incumbent DGP Dilbag Singh, who will retire on October 31 as the longest-serving police chief of Jammu and Kashmir.
Swain has served as police chief of both the winter and summer capitals, Jammu and Srinagar, and has 15 years of experience on central deputation. He has also served as SSP of Ramban, Poonch, and Leh.
Swain returned to the state cadre in 2020 and was elevated as Intelligence Chief in June this year. He has also served in the J&K Vigilance organization in 2004-06 as AIG and DIG.
