AHMEDABAD: The Union government on Friday granted an extension to the
Gujarat DGP
Ashish Bhatia, the 1985-batch
IPS officer
, for eight months and he will be posted as the top cop during the state assembly elections at the end of this year.
Gujarat
Director General of Police
Ashish Bhatia got an extension for another eight months beyond his date of superannuation at the end of this month. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, took the decision on Friday following proposals of the Ministry of Home Affairs made to the panel on May 24, said a source in the home department.
"The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Home Affairs for grant of extension in Service of
Ashish Bhatia, IPS , Director General of Police (DGP), Gujarat for a period of eight months beyond his date of superannuation on May 31, 2022," reads a Ministry of Personnel order.
The decision was taken "in relaxation of Rule 16(1) of All India Services (Death cum Retirement Benefits) Rules, 1958 as a special case in public interest."
Bhatia was elevated to the post of Gujarat DGP from the post of the Ahmedabad city police commissioner in July 2020 after incumbent Shivanand Jha retired post an extension.
Bhatia earlier held the top post in Surat and was also DGP of state CID-Crime and Railways.
Bhatia had also played a major role in solving the 2008 serial blasts case in Ahmedabad.
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