Team News Riveting
New Delhi, September 6
The Director of Special Protection Group (SPG) and Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, Arun Kumar Sinha, passed away at a hospital in Gurugram early on Wednesday.
The 1987-batch IPS officer from Kerala cadre was 61. He had been unwell for the past few months following liver ailment. Since 2016, he is serving as Director of SPG, the elite force in the country entrusted with the security of the Prime Minister of India. Before he joined, there was no full-time chief of SPG for around 15 months.
A native of Jharkhand, Sinha had served in the Border Security Force (BSF) as the Inspector General of Police.
A day before his retirement on May 30 this year, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had approved the proposal for the re-employment of Sinha for one year. In 2022, the ACC had cleared an extension in temporary upgradation for Sinha as DG (SPG) till May 31, 2023.
Sinha spent most of his career in Kerala and was also in charge of the protection of women and Non-Resident Indian affairs, an official said.
