Bhubaneswar: Speculations over the resignation of the Director General of Police (DGP), Abhay, have been doing the rounds in police circle over the past couple of days.
The rumour has it that the 1986-batch Odisha cadre IPS officer will resign from his post before his extension period ends in December 2021.
The 59-year-old Abhay was scheduled to retire in June, 2021 but the state government extended his tenure by six months March 18, 2020 so that the Supreme Court directive of having a minimum tenure of two years in office as DGP is met. Abhay was appointed as DGP in November, 2019.
Some sources even claimed that like Satyajit Mohanty, Abhay might get a decent posting after his resignation. Mohanty, a former DG Home Guard and Fire Services, is currently posted as the chairman of Odisha Public Service Commission. Similarly, another retired DGP RP Sharma had got a lucrative assignment as a member of the Odisha Lokayukta.
Meanwhile, speculations are rife over who would succeed Abhay. The names doing the rounds for the top post include Abhay’s batch-mate Pradeep Kapur, 1987 batch IPS officer Sunil Kumar Bansal, 1988 batch IPS officer Manoj Kumar Chabra, currently Spl DG, Special Armed Police, and Santosh Kumar Upadhyaya, DG (Prisons and Correctional Services).
