The Home Department, Government of Nagaland, on Friday announced that Rupin Sharma, IPS, will take over the charge of Nagaland Director General of Police (DGP) with effect from 7 January 2023.
Hailing from Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, Sharma, a 1992 batch officer of Nagaland cadre, is currently serving as the DG (Prisons & HG.CD & SDRF) and will continue to hold the duties “till further orders”.
He led the Central Bureau of Investigation team that traced and extradited the notorious gangster Abu Salem, served under the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Bosnia, and initiated necessary reforms in Nagaland’s prison system, among a litany of other achievements.
The appointment follows the resignation of T John Longkumer, IPS, who stepped down from the post of DGP on 2 January, after a much controversial extended term.
