Police chief selection: UPSC likely to finalize shortlist by June third week

Panel will select three officers who could replace the incumbent state police chief

- SHAN AS @T'Puram

WITH about four weeks remaining for Shaik Darvesh Saheb to step down, all eyes will be on the UPSC meeting, likely to be held by the third week of June, for a shortlist of three officers who could replace him.

There are six officers - DGPs Nitin Agrawal, Ravada A Chandrasekhar, Yogesh Gupta and Manoj Abraham, and ADGPs S Suresh and M R Ajith Kumar - in the running to replace the incumbent state police chief.

As per protocol, the UPSC's screening meeting will be attended by Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan, UPSC chairman Ajay Mohan, Shaik Darvesh, Chief Secretary Dr A Jayathilak and a head of the Armed Police Forces.