This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "Chandigarh Police" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources. Find sources: "Chandigarh Police" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Chandigarh Police
(({logocaption))}
MottoWe care for you
Agency overview
Employees6000
Annual budget₹508.06 crore (US$63.6 million) (2020-21)[1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionIndia
Jurisdiction of Chandigarh Police forces (circled in red)
Legal jurisdictionChandigarh
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersChandigarh Police Headquarters, Sector 9-D, Chandigarh
Parent agencyHome Department, Chandigarh Administration
Facilities
Stations11
Website
chandigarhpolice.nic.in

The Chandigarh Police is the law enforcement agency for the Union Territory of Chandigarh in India. Chandigarh Police has its headquarters in sector 9 D, Chandigarh. The head of the state police is the Director General of Police of Chandigarh. The current DGP of Chandigarh is Sh. Praveer Ranjan, AGMUT Cadre. Chandigarh has the highest police density as compared to all other states and Union Territories across India.[2] As of 2015, there are 5295.6 policemen per 100 km² area in Chandigarh.

List of former IGPs of Chandigarh
Sr. No Name Tenure
1 B.N. Mehra, IPS 28 May 1979 to 31 March 1983
2 N.K. Singhal, IPS 9 May 1983 to 23 May 1985
3 R.K. Ohri, IPS 23 May 1985 to 16 January 1987
4 V.N, Singh, IPS 16 January 1987 to 6 March 1989
5 G.S. Sandhu, IPS 6 March 1989 to 30 July 1990
6 R.S. Gupta, IPS 30 July 1990 to 29 September 1993
7 Y.S. Dadwal, IPS 29 September 1993 to 26 December 1995
8 R.P. Singh, IPS 27 December 1995 to 5 April 1999
9 Dr Kiran Bedi, IPS 5 April 1999 to 18 May 1999
10 S.K. Singh, IPS 1 June 1999 to 30 June 2000
11 B.S. Bassi, IPS 1 July 2000 to 9 December 2002
12 Rajesh Kumar, IPS 9 December 2002 to 27 April 2005
13 Satish Chandra, IPS 27 April 2005 to 9 October 2006
14 S.K Jain, IPS 9 October 2006 to 14 September 2009
15 P.K Srivastava, IPS 5 December 2010 to 29 August 2012
16 R.P Upadhyaya, IPS 30 January 2013 to 8 March 2016
17 T.S. Luthra, IPS 8 March 2016 to 26 June 2018
18 Sanjay Beniwal, IPS 27 June 2018 to 21 August 2021
19 Praveer Ranjan, IPS 21 August 2021 to till date

Organizational structure

Chandigarh Police comes under the administrative control of the Department of Home, Chandigarh administration. The department is headed by the Home Secretary of Chandigarh. The Head of Police Force is the Director General of Police. There are 5 major SP/SSP ranked posts in Chandigarh Police which are headed by various IPS officers. They report to the DIG, Chandigarh, who in turns report to the IG, Chandigarh. The Police force is manned by IPS officers of the AGMUT cadre, however, the posts of SSP/UT and SSP/Traffic and Security are usually filled in by officers of Punjab and Haryana Cadre who are in deputation to the AGMUT Cadre.[3][4]

Name Current Posting
Praveer Ranjan, IPS Director General of Police
Raj Kumar Singh, IPS IG Chandigarh
Deepak Purohit, IPS DIG Chandigarh
Manisha Chaudhary(Temporary Charge), IPS SSP UT Chandigarh
Manisha Chaudhury, IPS SSP Traffic and Security
Manoj Kumar Meena, IPS SSP Crime, Intelligence and Headquarters & Vigilance
Ketan Bansal, IPS SP Operation, Cyber, EOW and Women Cell
Shruti Arora, IPS Commandant - IRB Chandigarh & SP City

[5]

References

  1. ^ "Expenditure Budget - Ministry of Home Affairs - Chandigarh" (PDF). Expenditure Budget | Union Budget of India. Ministry of Finance. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  2. ^ Ajay Deep (17 May 2015). "Chandigarh Police has highest police density in India". Chandigarhmetro.com. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Order issued by MHA, Govt of India" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs.
  4. ^ "MHA Order" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs.
  5. ^ "Chandigarh Police - we care for you". Chandigarhpolice.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

External links

Law enforcement in India
Categories