Manipur DGP moved to Cabinet Secretariat
Rajiv Singh, the Director General of Police in Manipur, has been appointed as Secretary (Security) in the Cabinet Secretariat. He was previously appointed DGP during a period of ethnic violence in the state and oversaw significant operations to recover looted police weapons. His transfer to the Cabinet Secretariat comes after a challenging tenure marked by unrest and the imposition of President's Rule in Manipur.
- ▪Rajiv Singh was appointed Secretary (Security) in the Cabinet Secretariat on May 21, 2026.
- ▪He served as Manipur's DGP starting June 1, 2023, amid ethnic violence in the state.
- ▪Singh oversaw the recovery of around 4,500 police weapons looted during the violence.
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Manipur Director General of Police (DGP) Rajiv Singh was appointed Secretary (Security) in the Cabinet Secretariat on Thursday (May 21, 2026).Mr. Singh, a 1993 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Tripura cadre, was appointed as Manipur’s police chief on June 1, 2023, days after the ethnic violence between the Meitei and the Kuki-Zo people erupted in the State on May 3 the same year.Mr. Singh was appointed DGP by relaxing the service conditions as he was not from the Manipur cadre.
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