Template:Infobox law enforcement agency The Gujarat Police Department is the law enforcement agency for the state of Gujarat in India. The Gujarat Police has its headquarters in Gandhinagar, the state capital.
The Gujarat Police Department came into existence after Gujarat's separation from the Greater Mumbai state on 1 May 1960.
Organisation
The Gujarat Police Department is headed by Director General of Police (DGP.). It has four Commissioners' offices : Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot and Surat. There are nine ranges in the Gujarat Police: Ahmedabad, Surat, Gandhinagar, Vadodara, Rajkot, Junagadh, Bhavnagar, Dahod Panchmahal and Border Range. For police administration the state is further divided into 33 police districts and Western Railway Police.
Gujarat Police has some branches for special tasks: Crime, anti-terrorist squad (ATS) and the Intelligence wing. The Gujarat Police was the first state police department to crack the serial bomb blast mystery during 2007–08 in many Indian cities including 2008 Ahmedabad bombings [1]
Leaders
On 31 July 2020 Ahmedabad Police Commissioner Ashish Bhatiya was elevated to the post of Director General of Police (DGP) after incumbent Shivanand Jha retired after his extended tenure ended on July 31. Mr. Ashish Bhatiya is a 1985 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre. He will remain the State DGP till May 2022.Mr. Shivanand Jha was to retire in April but was given a three-month extension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sanjay Srivastava is appointed as Police Commissioner of Ahmedabad City on 01-Aug-2020.
An anti-terror expert, Mr. Bhatia is credited with playing a major role in solving the 2008 serial blasts case in Ahmedabad in which more than 50 people were killed in the city. He was Joint Commissioner of in Ahmedabad crime branch.
Ajay Tomar, special CP of crime branch, is the new CP of Surat City. Surat CP R B Brahmbhatt has been appointed the chief of Vadodara City.
References
- ↑ Cracking the case was Herculean effort, Pathak, Anil. DNA India(18 August 2008).