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[update], there are 5295.6 policemen per 100 km² area in Chandigarh.
List of former IGP/ DGP of Chandigarh
Sr. No
Name
Took office
Left office
1
B.N. Mehra, IPS
28 May 1979
31 March 1983
2
N.K. Singhal, IPS
9 May 1983
23 May 1985
3
R.K. Ohri, IPS
23 May 1985
16 January 1987
4
V.N, Singh, IPS
16 January 1987
6 March 1989
5
G.S. Sandhu, IPS
6 March 1989
30 July 1990
6
R.S. Gupta, IPS
30 July 1990
29 September 1993
7
Y.S. Dadwal, IPS
29 September 1993
26 December 1995
8
R.P. Singh, IPS
27 December 1995
5 April 1999
9
Dr Kiran Bedi, IPS
5 April 1999
18 May 1999
10
S.K. Singh, IPS
1 June 1999
30 June 2000
11
B.S. Bassi, IPS
1 July 2000
9 December 2002
12
Rajesh Kumar, IPS
9 December 2002
27 April 2005
13
Satish Chandra, IPS
27 April 2005
9 October 2006
14
S.K Jain, IPS
9 October 2006
14 September 2009
15
P.K Srivastava, IPS
5 December 2010
29 August 2012
16
R.P Upadhyaya, IPS
30 January 2013
8 March 2016
17
Tejendra Luthra, IPS
8 March 2016
26 June 2018
18
Sanjay Beniwal, IPS
27 June 2018
21 August 2021
19
Praveer Ranjan, IPS
21 August 2021
12 March 2024
20
Surendra Singh Yadav, IPS[3]
16 March 2024
Incumbent
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.[4][5]
Name
Current Posting
Surendra Singh Yadav, IPS [6]
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
[7]
References
^"Expenditure Budget - Ministry of Home Affairs - Chandigarh" (PDF). Expenditure Budget | Union Budget of India. Ministry of Finance. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^Ajay Deep (17 May 2015). "Chandigarh Police has highest police density in India". Chandigarhmetro.com. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
^"चंडीगढ़ के नए DGP होंगे IPS सुरेंद्र सिंह यादव: पहले आईपीएस मधुप तिवारी के नाम पर लगी थी मुहर - Chandigarh News". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 12 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
^"Order issued by MHA, Govt of India" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs.
^"New Chandigarh DGP Surendra Yadav's utmost priority: Peaceful and impartial conduct of Lok Sabha elections 2024". The Indian Express. 18 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
^"Chandigarh Police - we care for you". Chandigarhpolice.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.