Bhubaneswar: Indian Police Service officer of 1988 batch, Satyajit Mohanty Friday took charge as the Twin City Police Commissioner at the office of Commissionerate Police here replacing YB Khurania.
After receiving guard of honour at the office of Commissionerate Police, Mohanty took the charge from the former Police Commissioner Yogesh Bahadur Khurania.
With this, the IPS officer has become the sixth Police Commissioner of the Twin City. Mohanty had started his career as an ASP in Jeypore in 1990. Meanwhile, Khurania has been transferred as the ADG of Police (Provisioning).
The change of guard came in the backdrop of rise in crimes like theft, burglary, murder, rape, molestation. Besides, circulation of obscene videos on social media has also emerged as a challenge for the city cops.
PNN