New Delhi, November 29: An official order on Wednesday stated that ITBP Director General (DG) Anish Dayal Singh has been assigned the “additional charge” of CRPF following the retirement of the incumbent S. L. Thaosen on November 30.
According to a Union home ministry order, Singh, an IPS officer of the 1988 batch from the Manipur cadre, will assume the role of CRPF DG “till the appointment of a regular incumbent or until further orders, whichever is earlier.” Thaosen, also from the 1988 batch of the IPS from the Madhya Pradesh cadre, was appointed as the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) DG in October last year. Singh was concurrently appointed as the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) DG.
The CRPF is the largest central armed police force (CAPF) in the country, with approximately 3.25 lakh personnel, deployed for various duties in the internal security domain, including anti-Naxal operations.
The ITBP, with around 90,000 personnel, is primarily tasked with guarding the 3,488 km-long Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China.
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