STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: The Director of Jammu and Kashmir’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Anand Jain has been posted as the new Inspector General of Police of Jammu Zone.
He will replace Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Mukesh Singh who was recently appointed as Inspector General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
“In compliance of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India’s order, 1996-batch IPS officer Mukesh Singh is relieved from the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir to enable him to take up new assignment with the Government of India,” said an order issued by Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Raj Kumar Goyal on Thursday.
“Consequent to the above, 1999 batch IPS officer Anand Jain, Director, Anti Corruption Bureau, J&K, has been transferred and posted as Inspector General of Police, Jammu Zone, with immediate effect,” the order said, adding “Jain shall also hold the charge of the post of Director, Anti Corruption Bureau, J&K, till further orders.”
Besides, heading the J&K UT’s premier anti-graft agency ACB with a vast experience of having worked on different assignments in the J&K and Central Government, Jain has served as SP East Srinagar, SSP Baramulla (twice), AIG (Provision/Transport) PHQ, SSP Reasi, SSP Rajouri, SSP Jammu, Commandant IR 15th Bn, UIDAI (Government of India), DIG NIA (Government of India) and IGP Police Headquarters J&K.
