IPS Satish Kumar Gajbhiye gets double promotion to DIG

Bhubaneswar Feb 9 : 2002 batch IPS officer Satish Kumar Gajbhiye on Tuesday got double promotion to the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police from The State Government of Odisha.The promotion of Gajbhiye  will be effective from February 23.

Gajbhiye continued as SP-ranked officer, serving as principal of the urban police and traffic training institute in Bhubaneswar . Disciplinary proceedings against him in a case  when he was the Malkangiri SP. The government dropped the charges and closed the disciplinary proceedings against him in December 2021 following a Supreme Court order.