Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar appointed as new CRPF chief, New ITBP DG also appointed

Two days after Maoists killed 25 CRPF jawans in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, the Centre on Tuesday appointed Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar as the next Central Police Reserve Force chief. The post had been lying vacant for more than eight weeks because the central government could not agree on a name.


An Indian Police Service officer of the 1983 batch, Mr Bhatnagar is the Director General, Narcotics Control Bureau and has served in the central force mandated to guard sensitive installations, Central Industrial Security Force. He belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Senior IPS officer RK Pachnanda was also appointed as the DG of Indo-Tiben Border Police force. Pachnanda is a 1983 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.