After a long delay, the Meghalaya government today appointed Lajja Ram Bishnoi as the new Director General of Police.
The new police chief was appointed four-and-a-half months after the retirement of R Chandranathan who retired from the post on December 31, 2021.
Bishnoi would take over from Idashisha Nongrang, who is currently the officiating DGP of Meghalaya.
An Assam-Meghalaya cadre IPS officer of 1991 batch, Bishnoi is presently serving the Assam Police as its Special Director General (Training and Armed Police).
Bishnoi was the frontrunner for the DGP post in Meghalaya and his name figured in the empanelled list of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
The empanelled list of IPS officers duly recommended by the UPSC in its meeting held on February 9 also included Mukesh Agrawal and K V Singh Deo (both 1989 batch IPS officers).
