1996 batch IPS Mukesh Singh taken charge as Director General of Police (DGP) Ladakh today afternoon.
Singh, a 1996-batch IPS officer of the AGMUT cadre and an IIT Delhi graduate with a civil engineering degree, was repatriated from central deputation to assume the top police post in the Union Territory of Ladakh.
Singh has served in several sensitive assignments across Jammu & Kashmir, including Superintendent of Police in districts affected by terrorism, and was part of the core team that helped establish the National Investigation Agency.
Mukesh Singh has previously served as ADG ITBP, ADG Jammu, IG ITBP, IG Jammu, IG Crime J&K, IG NIA and SSP in various districts of J&K.