Shri Puneet Rastogi belongs to the 1995 batch of IPS and is borne on Tripura Cadre. He has done BSc in Statistics and MBA from Lucknow University. He has served in Tripura in various capacities as ASP (South), SDPO(Kanchanpur), Addl.SP(Urban), SP(West I/C),  SP(North),  SP(South) and SP(SB).He was awarded DGP’s commendation Disc in the year 2000. After that he proceeded on Central Deputation to Serious Fraud Investigation for five years with effect from 25.10.2004 to 31.12.2009.  After completion of 5 years of Central Deputation he reported back to the Cadre and was posted on promotion as DIGP(PHQ) on 04.01.2010. Thereafter he also served as DIG(N/R), DIG(CID) Addl. Charge,  DIG(S/R) Addl. Charge, DIG(S/R) Regular Charge, DIG(CID) Addl. Charge, IG(Int) and IGP(L/O) Addl. Charge. He received President’s Medal for Meritorious Service in the year 2011. In 2014 he proceeded on Central Deputation to ITBP. He served in ITBP as DIG in Eastern Frontier and was posted at Lucknow. He was promoted as Inspector General in ITBP in September 2015 and was posted as IG Eastern Frontier. During his stint in ITBP he received DGP’s commendation Disc thrice. His Frontier was also awarded as the best Frontier for carrying out maximum innovations in operational and administrative matters in the year 2018.   After successful completion of tenure in ITBP   he again joined back in the cadre and was posted as IGP(Crime Branch).During Loksabha Election 2019 he held the charge of  IGP(L/O) with effect from 17.04.2019 to 29.05.2019 with additional charge of IGP (Crime Branch). Presently he is posted as IGP(Crime Branch) from 30.05.2019.  On 01-01-2020 he is promoted as ADGP (Crime Branch) Tripura. He also took the charge of ADGP (Intelligence)Tripura, on 07-08-2020.

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                Shri, Soumitra Dhar, was inducted in Tripura Police after completion of his basic training at NEPA (under MHA), Shillong , Meghalaya state in the year 1991. During his basic training he was decorated with “BEST CONDUCT” medal for his performance at North East Police Academy (NEPA). He also underwent prestigious Basic foundation Course (BFC) under elite SPG in the year 1992.

            In his first posting as Asstt Commandant in the year 1992, he was entrusted with the responsibility of raising TFPF (Tripura Forest Protection Force) under Deptt of Forests, Govt of Tripura independently and the contingent performed its role in countering and containing timber smuggling throughout the state of Tripura in coordination with regular forest guards of the Forest Deptt.

             He served as SDPO, Longtarai valley during early nineties when insurgency was at its peak. As Addl SP, he joined in state vigilance organization in the year 1998 and continued there for more than one year as In-charge SP. He as Addl SP also served west & Dhalai, districts.  

            After his elevation as SP in the year 2003  he proceeded for  Kosovo ,the war torn province of Eastern Europe and served there  as member of UN peace keeping force(known as UNMIK) for a period of one year. On return from UN mission, he commanded 9^th, 5^th, and 7^th TSR (Tripura State Rifles) battalions till 2007. He received DGP’s commendation disc during that period.

            As superintendent of police, CID he was involved in the investigation of serial bomb blasts in Agartala town in the year 2008.   The cases ended in successful prosecution and conviction. He was also instrumental in monitoring and implementation of CCTNS project in the state during early stage of implementation. He also conceived a joint project with C-DAC, Kolkata to raise successfully a forensic facility to deal with cyber crime investigation in state FSL.

            For his meaningful contribution in the service of the state, he was awarded with Police medal for meritorious service on the occasion of Independence Day, 2011. He also served as SP security of the state and looked after VVIP security and security of vital installations of the state till 2014.

            In the year 2015 he joined NIA and served there till 2018. He also headed the branch office, NIA at Kolkata for one year and supervised investigation of cases relating to cross border smuggling of FICN.

            He was awarded with Presidents police medal for distinguished service in the Republic day, 2018. On repatriation from central deputation, he is posted as DIG, intelligence, DIG HQr and  DIG Ranges(Northern and southern). He was also posted as DIG AP (OPS) with additional responsibility of DIG AP(Administration & Training). Presently he was posted as Inpector General of Police (TSR & Operations) Tripura w.e.f. 03-01-2022.

               Shri Sudipta Das is an IPS officer of the 2012 batch, borne on Tripura cadre. He holds a BE (Information Technology) from Jadavpur University, and a PGDM from IIM Bangalore. Prior to joining police, he worked for 4½ years as a banker in ICICI Bank UK PLC, London. He has previously served as SDPO Kailashahar, Addl. SP (Rural) West District, SP Sepahijala District, Commandant 7^th BN TSR, and SP Dhalai District. He had represented Tripura’s security concerns in international Bangladesh-India DC-DM Joint Border Conferences in May 2017 in Comilla, Bangladesh, and again in May 2019 in Agartala, India.

               Shri Das was awarded the Police (Special Duty) Medal (Tripura bar) in 2015, the President’s Secretariat instituted Police Antrik Suraksha Seva Padak in 2018, and the Tripura DGP’s Commendation Disc twice for the years 2015 and 2020. He was also awarded the State Award (Tripura) 2019 for Excellence in Security Management in Dhalai District during the Lok Sabha Elections 2019. He has won the 1st Prize in the prestigious Prime Minister’s Silver Cup Essay Competition 4 times for the years 2014, 2015, 2019 and 2021, and also won the 2nd Prize for the year 2020.

              Shri Sudipta Das has written on topics of professional interest, as mentioned below:-

1. “Border Population as Partners: A Winning Formula for Effective Border Management” published in the SVP National Police Academy Journal – June 2021.
2. “A Modern Policing Framework to tackle Opportunities and Threats from Drone Technologies” published in the Rashtriya Raksha University’s International Research Journal on Police Science, Volume 6, Issue 1&2, 2020.
3. “Changing contours of Cybersecurity: Challenges, Response and Preparedness” published in the SVP National Police Academy Journal – December 2019.
4.  “Emergence of Social Media: Challenges and Opportunities for the Law Enforcement Agencies” published in the SVP National Police Academy Journal – June 2016.
5.  “Role of Social Media in countering radicalisation and terrorism” presented at the 47^th All India Police Science Congress held at UP PHQ, Lucknow, on 28-29 Nov, 2019, and published in the 47^th AIPSC Compendium.

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