Surat Police Commissioner Gahlaut appointed Ahmedabad's new top cop
Ahmedabad, July 1
The Gujarat government on Wednesday appointed senior IPS officer Anupam Singh Gahlaut as the new Ahmedabad City Police Commissioner, transferring him from his present post as Surat City Police Commissioner.
According to a notification issued by the Home Department, Gahlaut, a 1997-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Gujarat cadre, has been appointed to the vacant cadre post of Commissioner of Police, Ahmedabad City.
The post has been downgraded from an ex-cadre post in the Director General of Police (DGP) grade to a cadre post in the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) grade.
Gahlaut fills the vacancy created after Gyanendra Singh Malik, a 1993-batch IPS officer, was appointed DGP of Gujarat last month.
Malik succeeded K. L. N. Rao, who had been holding additional charge of the state's top police post.
An engineer by training, Gahlaut holds Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) and Master of Technology (M.Tech.) degrees and joined the IPS through the Union Public Service Commission's Civil Services Examination in 1997.
During a policing career spanning nearly three decades, he has served in a variety of operational, intelligence and urban policing assignments across Gujarat.
Earlier in his career, Gahlaut served in district policing before holding key intelligence positions, including Inspector General of Police (Intelligence) and later Additional Director General of Police (CID-Intelligence) at Gandhinagar following his promotion to the ADGP rank in 2022.
He was appointed Vadodara City Police Commissioner in July 2023 and was transferred as Surat City Police Commissioner in April 2024, where he has since overseen policing in one of Gujarat's largest urban centres.
In recognition of his service, he was awarded the Police Medal for Meritorious Service in 2013.
During his tenure in Surat, Gahlaut oversaw several policing initiatives, including measures to strengthen traffic management, improve public grievance redressal and enhance policing of the city's textile industry.
Under his leadership, Surat Police also announced plans to establish a dedicated police station to investigate textile-related offences.
— IANS
Reader Comments
Engineer-turned-IPS? That's impressive! BE and M.Tech ke baad civil services... truly multi-talented. Hope he brings same energy to Ahmedabad as he did in Surat. Crime control and public grievances need serious attention here. 🚨
Good officer but why downgrade the post? ADGP vs DGP grade... does that mean less authority? Ahmedabad needs a strong hand especially with upcoming elections. Let's see how he manages city's growing challenges.
Meritorious Service Medal in 2013... that's a good sign. But Surat and Ahmedabad are different beasts - one is industrial hub, other is commercial and political center. Hope he adapts quickly. Textile police station idea was innovative though. 🤔
Interesting appointment. His intelligence background (IG Intelligence, CID) might help with crime prevention. But I hope he focuses on community policing too - the public needs to feel safe, not just see statistics. 29 years in service commands respect though.
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