SRINAGAR: R.R. Swain was inaugurated as the 17th Director General of Police, Jammu and Kashmir, on Tuesday during an event held at the PHQ in Srinagar. The event was attended by senior J&K Police officers, including Spl. DG Crime J&K, A.K. Choudhary, ADGsP, S. J. M. Gillani, M.K. Sinha, Vijay Kumar, Director, Fire & Emergency Services, J&K, Alok Kumar, Commissioner Secretary Industries & Commerce Vikramjeet Singh, IGP V. K. Birdi, and IGP (CIV/Hqrs) B.S. Tuti. Senior officers greeted R.R. Swain upon his arrival and gave him a guard of respect on the PHQ grounds.He looked over the honour guard as well. Prior to becoming the DGP of Jammu and Kashmir in 1991, R.R. Swain, an IPS officer from the 1991 batch, held a number of significant and vital roles in the Jammu and Police, including AIG (P/W) PHQ, DIG Vigilance, SDPO Kothi Bagh, SP Ramban, SP Kargil, SP Poonch, SSP Kathua, SSP Jammu, and SSP Srinagar. Swain was deputed to the Indian government in November 2006, where he held positions of great prestige. Swain became the head of the CID wing when he joined the J&K Police in June 2020, and he assumed the position of DGP J&K today. Senior officers from the PHQ and other wings attended a meeting that J&K R.R. Swain chaired as soon as he assumed leadership of the DGP.
