Uttarakhand DGP Panel To Land UPSC Soon, Two Leading For New DGP

As the present DGP Ashok Kumar is all set to retire next month. The panel to choose the next DGP seems to be ready and soon be sent to UPSC for shortlisting the names. According to top sources, seven names are in the panel and out of seven, UPSC will shortlist three and send them back to the state for the final say of the state government. Top sources add that two names, Deepam Seth and P.V.K Prasad, are leading the race to succeed Ashok Kumar next month. Seth is currently on central deputation in ITBP as IG, and Prasad is heading the state's Law & Order and is also second in command of Uttarakhand Police. Both officers belong to the 1995 batch. One more name is also trailing both the officers is Abhinav Kumar of the 1996 batch, currently the state's Intelligence and Security Chief. The picture seems to be clear by the first or mid-week of November, top sources say.