Chandigarh Police

Chandigarh Police
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MottoWe care for you
Agency overview
Employees6000
Annual budget₹508.06 crore (US$60.9 million) (2020-21)[1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionIndia
Jurisdiction of Chandigarh Police forces (circled in red)
Legal jurisdictionChandigarh
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersChandigarh Police Headquarters, Sector 9-D, Chandigarh
Parent agencyHome Department, Chandigarh Administration
Facilities
Stations11
Website
chandigarhpolice.nic.in

The Chandigarh Police is the law enforcement agency for the Union Territory of Chandigarh in India. Chandigarh Police has its headquarters in sector 9 D, Chandigarh. The head of the state police is the Director General of Police of Chandigarh. The current DGP of Chandigarh is Sh. Praveer Ranjan, AGMUT Cadre. Chandigarh has the highest police density as compared to all other states and Union Territories across India.[2] As of 2015, there are 5295.6 policemen per 100 km² area in Chandigarh.

List of former IGP/ DGP of Chandigarh
Sr. No Name Took office Left office
1 B.N. Mehra, IPS 28 May 1979 31 March 1983
2 N.K. Singhal, IPS 9 May 1983 23 May 1985
3 R.K. Ohri, IPS 23 May 1985 16 January 1987
4 V.N, Singh, IPS 16 January 1987 6 March 1989
5 G.S. Sandhu, IPS 6 March 1989 30 July 1990
6 R.S. Gupta, IPS 30 July 1990 29 September 1993
7 Y.S. Dadwal, IPS 29 September 1993 26 December 1995
8 R.P. Singh, IPS 27 December 1995 5 April 1999
9 Dr Kiran Bedi, IPS 5 April 1999 18 May 1999
10 S.K. Singh, IPS 1 June 1999 30 June 2000
11 B.S. Bassi, IPS 1 July 2000 9 December 2002
12 Rajesh Kumar, IPS 9 December 2002 27 April 2005
13 Satish Chandra, IPS 27 April 2005 9 October 2006
14 S.K Jain, IPS 9 October 2006 14 September 2009
15 P.K Srivastava, IPS 5 December 2010 29 August 2012
16 R.P Upadhyaya, IPS 30 January 2013 8 March 2016
17 Tejendra Luthra, IPS 8 March 2016 26 June 2018
18 Sanjay Beniwal, IPS 27 June 2018 21 August 2021
19 Praveer Ranjan, IPS 21 August 2021 12 March 2024
20 Surendra Singh Yadav, IPS[3] 16 March 2024 Incumbent
  1. ^ "Expenditure Budget - Ministry of Home Affairs - Chandigarh" (PDF). Expenditure Budget | Union Budget of India. Ministry of Finance. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  2. ^ Ajay Deep (17 May 2015). "Chandigarh Police has highest police density in India". Chandigarhmetro.com. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  3. ^ "चंडीगढ़ के नए DGP होंगे IPS सुरेंद्र सिंह यादव: पहले आईपीएस मधुप तिवारी के नाम पर लगी थी मुहर - Chandigarh News". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 12 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.