DGP Amitabh Pathak takes charge as new Gujarat Police chief, he will stay on this post for two years (Video)


Gandhinagar, 28 February 2013

Amitabh Pathak, 1977-batch IPS officer today took over as the new Director General of Police(DGP) of Gujarat replacing outgoing in-charge DGP Chitranjan Singh who retired today. The government had issued the order of the appointment on Wednesday. Pathak was earlier Director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau. Amitabh Pathak will retire in February 2015, and thus stay as Gujarat Police Chief for nearly two years. Pathal’s last executive post was as Commissioner of Police in Ahmedabad for a few months in 2010-11 and as ADGP. Before the posting of CP, Ahmedabad, he was IGP(Law and Order) and was also posted as Range IG Gandhinagar for a short time. MSc educated Pathak is from Uttar Pradesh.