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No SPS-promoted IPS officer to be IG in MP till December 2026
From September 1, 2026, no Madhya Pradesh IPS officer promoted from the State Police Service will hold the Inspector General rank, Freepress Journal reports. This void will last 122 days, as the…
The Story in Brief
From September 1, 2026, no Madhya Pradesh IPS officer promoted from the State Police Service will hold the Inspector General rank, Freepress Journal reports. This void will last 122 days, as the last such officer, Mithilesh Kumar Shukla, retires on August 30. Four SPS-promoted IG-rank officers have already retired this year.
After Shukla's retirement, all 16 IG-rank officers in MP will be directly recruited IPS officers, a first for the state. The senior-most is Niranjan Bayangankar (1999 batch). Two officers, Akash Jindal and T Amongla Ayyar, are on deputation. Promotions of SPS-IPS officers to IG are expected in January 2027.
The Indian Opinion
The four-month absence of SPS-promoted IPS officers at IG rank is a statistical quirk of retirements, not a sign of neglect. Maligning the MP Police as losing experience ignores that directly recruited IPS officers from senior batches remain. The only question that matters: will the January 2027 promotions deliver on time and restore the mix?
Source: freepressjournal.in
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