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| Prasad may take over as J&K DGP on Monday | | PM's son-in-law being appointed as IB chief in Kashmir | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, July 21: Awaiting his formal order of appointment since the day of Kuldeep Khoda's retirement on May 31st, Additional Director of Intelligence Bureau (IB), Ashok Prasad, is likely to assume office as Director General of Police in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. His junior in the orgnanisation, Ashok Patnaik, is being appointed as the new Joint Director of IB in Kashmir.
Highly placed authoritative sources revealed to Early Times that decks were finally being cleared for Ashok Prasad's appointment and taking over as DGP of J&K on July 23rd. Following Khoda's retirement on May 31st this year, J&K cadre IPS officer of 1984 batch, K Rajendra Kumar, has been officiating as DGP. His substantive posting since 2010 is additional DGP Armed Police and Law and Order. Setting aside all speculations, Prasad is now expected to be relieved as Additional Director IB, New Delhi, on July 23rd. Sources said he was likely to fly to Srinagar on the same day and assume office as DGP at the Police Headquarters at 1400 hours.
Since the state Cabinet has already accorded sanction to Prasad's appointment as the new DGP, Principal Secretary Home, B R Sharma, would be issuing his formal appointment orders with Chief Minister and Home Minister Omar Abdullah's approval in the forenoon on Monday. "Let him come first, then we'll see when to issue the formal order of appointment", B R Sharma told this correspondent. Previously, Prasad was expected to resume his duty at IB headquarters in New Delhi on July 30th and join as J&K's DGP in the evening on July 31st. Since last month, he has been on leave.
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) sources, however, maintained that there was every likelihood of Prasad being relieved not before July 30th, suggesting that the previous schedule of his joining as DGP of J&K on July 31st was intact. But, well-placed sources at J&K Police Headquarters confirmed that all offices at the headquarters would function on Sunday and make all preparations of Prasad's taking over at 1400 hours on Monday.
Government sources revealed that all decks of Prasad's appointment and joining on July 23rd were being cleared even as Chief Minister and a number of his Cabinet colleagues would remain preoccupied with their schedules, including a review meeting of District Development Board Jammu, on Sunday. According to these sources, Chief Minister was keen that the new DGP should take over well in advance of the Independence Day ceremonies on August 15th. He is understood to have discussed the subject in detail with the union Home Minister, P Chidambaram, besides union Home Secretary and Joint Secretary incharge J&K in New Delhi last week. |
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