SRINAGAR: IPS officer Vidhi Kumar Birde has been appointed as IGP (Kashmir Zone) along with an additional charge of the Armed Wing of J&K Police, while ADGP (Kashmir Range) Vijay Kumar has been redesignated as ADGP (Law and Order), J&K.

According to a home department order, “Vijay Kumar, IPS (AGMUT: 1997), ADGP Kashmir, is transferred and posted as ADGP (Law & Order), J&K. A post in the rank of ADGP viz. ADGP (Law & Order), J&K, is temporarily added to the J&K Segment of AGMUT Cadre, in terms of 2nd proviso to sub-rule (2) of Rule 4 of the Indian Police Service (Cadre) Rules, 1954, for a period of two years or till the post is held by said officer, whichever is earlier.

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