IPS Sanjeev Shukla appointed as first police commissioner of Raipur

RAIPUR: The Chhattisgarh government has appointed 2004-batch officer and Bilaspur IG Sanjeev Shukla as the first Police Commissioner of Raipur, as the district formally transitioned to a police commissionerate system on Friday.Several senior officers have been reassigned across districts and ranges, while additional DCP-level appointments have been made to strengthen the urban police structure.Alongside Shukla, IPS officer Amit Tukaram Kamble has been posted as Additional Police Commissioner. Orders have also been issued for the deployment of three Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) under the new commissionerate structure. Separate DCP-level officers have been assigned responsibility for traffic management, crime, and cyber policing, reflecting a focus on sector-specific enforcement in the capital.With the commissionerate system coming into force, seven IPS officers, including the Police Commissioner, will oversee law and order in Raipur city. The urban area has been divided into three policing zones—Central, North, and West—each under a Deputy Commissioner of Police to ensure decentralised supervision and faster response.The reorganisation also clearly demarcates urban and rural policing. While 21 police stations in Raipur will function under the commissionerate headed by the Police Commissioner, 12 police stations in the rural belt will remain under the supervision of the Superintendent of Police (SP).Shweta Shrivastava Sinha, who has taken charge as the first SP of Raipur rural, said the focus in the countryside would be on smart policing, with particular emphasis on cracking down on drug abuse and narcotics trafficking. She added that the police would work with community support to run de-addiction initiatives, acknowledging that substance dependence remains a major challenge. Efforts will also be intensified to curb cyber fraud and raise public awareness about digital crimes.In the city, police officials said the campaign against drugs—including ganja, synthetic narcotics, and illicit medicines—would continue without any dilution.