New Delhi, India

Around 27 officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and 16 belonging to the Indian Police Service (IPS) in Odisha have been promoted to higher ranks.

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The state government announced the promotion on Saturday, adding that four out of the 27 IAS officers have been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary. These are: Hemant Sharma, Bishnupada Sethi, Chitra Arumugam and Sushil Kumar Lohani from the 1995 batch.

while among those promoted to the rank of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) include Anirudh K Singh, Anup Kumar Sahoo, Amrita Dash, Anoop Krishna and Sudha Singh.

Arisingha Bhoi, Amitendra Nath Sinha and S Praveen Kumar, were promoted from IPS officers to Inspector Generals. Among those promoted to the rank of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) include Anirudh K Singh, Anup Kumar Sahoo, Amrita Dash, Anoop Krishna and Sudha Singh.

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In addition, four IPS officers, namely RK Sharma, Saumendra K Priyadarshi, Santosh Bala and Ritu Arora have been promoted to the rank of Director General of Police (ADG).

(With inputs from ANI)