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NEW DELHI: Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Alok Sharma was on Friday appointed as director of the Special Protection Group (SPG), the elite security unit responsible for the security of the Prime Minister.
A government order said Sharma’s appointment had been approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
Alok Sharma, an Uttar Pradesh cadre IPS officer, is currently the additional director general of SPG and has been overseeing the force after SPG director Arun Kumar Sinha died at a Gurugram hospital on September 6. Sinha was the longest-serving chief of the SPG (2016-2023).
Friday’s order does not stipulate the duration of Sharma’s new assignment. It said he would continue till further orders.
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