UP cadre IPS officer Alok Sharma appointed new SPG chief | Lucknow Information

LUCKNOW: Alok Sharma, a senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from the Uttar Pradesh cadre, was appointed because the director of the Particular Safety Group (SPG), the elite safety unit answerable for the Prime Minister’s safety.
The federal government order, accredited by the Appointments Committee of the Cupboard, designates Sharma as the top of this skilled and trendy safety drive straight underneath the Cupboard Secretariat of the Central Authorities.
At the moment serving as the extra director common of SPG, Alok Sharma has been overseeing the drive because the passing of SPG director Arun Kumar Sinha on September 6.
Sinha held the place of SPG chief from 2016 to 2023, making him the longest-serving director. The order doesn’t specify the period of Sharma’s new project, stating that he’ll proceed till additional orders.
Alok Sharma, acknowledged for his meticulous planning and tech-savvy method to policing, hails from Aligarh and efficiently organized the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj in 2013. His distinguished profession within the IPS consists of serving as Superintendent of Police in Unnao, Moradabad, and Bulandshahr, in addition to Inspector Normal of Police in Prayagraj, Bareilly, and Meerut. He additionally had postings in Uttarakhand earlier than occurring deputation to the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) in 2017. Later that yr, he was appointed as IG in SPG.