Senior IPS officer Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal appointed Head of the Tamil Nadu Police
Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal has been appointed as the Director-General of Police for Tamil Nadu. He previously served as the DGP in the Border Security Force and has a history of significant roles in various police departments. Aggarwal will have a minimum tenure of two years in his new position, as per Supreme Court guidelines.
- ▪Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal is a 1994-Batch IPS officer.
- ▪He replaces Sandeep Rai Rathore as the DGP of Tamil Nadu Police.
- ▪Aggarwal has previously served as the Commissioner of Police in Chennai, Madurai, and Tirunelveli.
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The Tamil Nadu government on Friday appointed senior IPS officer Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal as the Director-General of Police and Head of the Police Force.The 1994-Batch IPS officer is serving as the DGP in the Border Security Force (BSF), Delhi. He replaces DGP/HoPF Sandeep Rai Rathore. He was in the panel of three IPS officers recommended by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) as fit for appointment to the top post. The Tamil Nadu government has written to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to relieve Dr. Aggarwal from the BSF, official sources said.In accordance with the Supreme Court guidelines in the Prakash Singh case, Dr. Aggarwal will have a minimum tenure of two years.
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