YB Khurania appointed as next Odisha DGP

A decorated officer, he has received many commendations and rewards including the Governor’s Medal and President’s Police Medal for Meritorious Service.

Updated on: Aug 16, 2024, 13:38:20 IST

By Debabrata Mohanty

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The Odisha government on Friday appointed 1990-batch IPS officer YB Khurania as the 38th Director General of Police. Khurania will succeed Arun Kumar Sarangi, who has been serving as the head of the state police force since December 2023.

The appointment came a few days after the Centre approved the premature repatriation of Khurania, serving as Special Director General of the Border Security Force to his parent cadre Odisha with immediate effect.

A decorated officer having received many commendations and rewards including the Governor’s Medal and President’s Police Medal for Meritorious Service, Khurania has served as the superintendent of police in Rourkela, Mayurbhanj, Ganjam and several other districts of Odisha.

He also served as range DIG/IG of Central Range, Southern Range and Northern Range. Besides, he served as the Inspector General of anti-Maoist Operations, police commissioner of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack and special director of state vigilance.

Khurania joined the BSF as IG Frontier headquarters, south Bengal in 2018 and was promoted to Special Director General (Western Command) in July 2021 till he was repatriated early this month.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Debabrata Mohanty
Debabrata Mohanty is a senior assistant editor of Hindustan Times who works as state correspondent from Odisha covering the state's politics, governance, public policy, natural disasters, environment and its society for close to three decades. With his long years of reporting from the state capital of Bhubaneswar, Mohanty has been known as one of the most experienced and credible journalists covering Odisha for the national English dailies. His reporting combines on-ground detail with deep institutional knowledge detailing the state's changing politics, governance issues, administrative reforms and the functioning of its public institutions. He has regularly reported on issues ranging from legislative developments and public policy implementation. Politics is his core areas of expertise as he closely tracks Odisha's political landscape, including the rise and transformation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the two principal political parties in Odisha. His long association with the state's political establishment enables him to write on contemporary developments in a larger political context. Mohanty takes a deep interest in writing human interest stories, environmental issues and documenting the impact of cyclones, floods, heatwaves, and other climate-related events in one of the most disaster-prone states. His coverage extends to public health, governance reforms and stories on accountability of government institutions. Before joining Hindustan Times, Mohanty worked with The Indian Express, Mail Today, and The Telegraph, where he covered at least six general elections and as many assembly elections. In 2007, he was selected for the prestigious Chevening Young Indian Print Journalist Programme at the University of Lincoln, United Kingdom, where he received advanced training in print journalism. In 2009 he won the Press Institute of India-International Committee of Red Cross award on conflict reporting for his on-ground reportage of 2008 Kandhamal riots.Read More