Praveen Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Cuttack, was on Thursday appointed as Superintendent of Police in the violent-hit Kandhamal district.

Kumar succeeded Nikhil Kanodia, who had been placed under suspension in the wake of killing of VHP leader Laxmanananda Saraswati, official sources said.
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Amarendra Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Cuttack (Rural) will succeed Praveen Kumar, the sources added.
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