SRINAGAR: On Tuesday, V K Birdhi, a senior Inspector General of Police (IPS) official, was named Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir zone. Birdhi, an AGMUT cadre officer from the 2003 batch of the Indian Police Service, will succeed Vijay Kumar, who has been named ADGP Law and Order Jammu and Kashmir. The J&K government announced in an order that Birdhi has been appointed IGP Kashmir. The officer would also remain in charge of the IGP Armed Kashmir position till further directives. Kumar, the ADGP Kashmir, was transferred and placed as ADGP (Law and Order), J&K. Kumar is a 1997-batch officer of the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) 1997 cadre. According to the second proviso to sub-rule (2) of Rule 4 of the Indian Police Service (Cadre) Rules, 1954, a post in the rank of ADGP, namely ADGP (Law & Order), J&K, is temporarily added to the J&K Segment of AGMUT Cadre. This will last for two years or until the officer holds the post, whichever comes first, the order stated. The Zonal IGsP of Jammu and Kashmir are to report to the ADGP (Law & Order), J&K, who will have overall command and control over them, as per the government’s directive.
