Port Blair, Mar 29: In a major reshuffle, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) appointed Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Neeraj Thakur as Director-General of Police Andaman and Nicobar.
The 1994-batch AGMUT cadre IPS officer Thakur is currently serving as Special Commissioner of Police (Special Cell), Delhi Police.
The MHA also transferred incumbent Andaman and Nicobar DGP Satyendra Garg to Delhi. Garg, a 1987-batch AGMUT cadre IPS officer, took charge as DGP Andaman and Nicobar in December 2020. The officer was then posted as Joint Secretary in the MHA and handed the North East division in the ministry.
