Sunil Bansal, The Next DGP of Odisha

Bhubaneswar (Reporters Today Bureau): The Odisha government on Wednesday picked 1987-batch IPS officer Sunil Kumar Bansal among the three shortlisted by the Union Public Service Commission as the new Director General of Police .

He will replace M. Abhaya, who is to retire on December 31. Sunil is currently serving as Special Director of Intelligence Bureau (IB) in Mumbai and has been on central deputation since 2005. He is due to superannuate in June 2022.

Besides Bansal, the UPSC had reportedly shortlisted Pradeep Kapur and Manoj Chhabra from among aspirants for the post of the next Odisha DGP.