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Gujarat Police

Indian state police department

Indian state police department

FieldValue
agencynameGujarat Police
nativenameaગુજરાત પોલીસ
abbreviationGP
logoGujarat Police Logo.png
mottoसेवा सुरक्षा शांति (Sanskrit)
mottotranslatedService Security Peace
formedyear1960
formedmonthday01 May
budget(2025–26 est.)
countryIndia
divtypeState
divnameGujarat
mapFile:IN-GJ.svg
sizearea196024 km2
sizepopulation60,383,628 (2011)
legaljurisGujarat, India
governingbodyGovernment of Gujarat
constitution1The Gujarat Police Act, 1951
policeyes
localyes
headquartersGandhinagar
electeetypeMinister
minister1nameHarsh Sanghavi
minister1pfoMinister of Home
chief1nameVikash Sahay, IPS
chief1positionDGP
parentagencyDepartment of Home (Gujarat)
child2agencyAhmedabad City Police
Surat City Police
Vadodara City Police
Rajkot City Police
website

Surat City Police Vadodara City Police Rajkot City Police The Gujarat Police Department is the law enforcement agency for the state of Gujarat in India. The Gujarat Police has its headquarters in Gandhinagar, the state capital, and Ahmedabad.

The Gujarat Police Department came into existence after Gujarat's separation from the Greater Mumbai state on 1 May 1960. TOC

Organisation

The Gujarat Police Department is headed by Director General of Police (DGP.). It has four Commissioners' offices : Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Rajkot. There are nine ranges in the Gujarat Police: Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Gandhinagar, Surat, Rajkot, Junagadh, Bhavnagar, Dahod Panchmahal and Border Range. For police administration the state is further divided into 33 police districts and Western Railway Police.

Gujarat Police has some branches for special tasks: Crime, Special Action Force, Anti-terrorist squad (ATS) and The Gujarat Intelligence Force wing. The Gujarat Police was the first state police department to crack the serial bomb blast mystery during 2007–08 in many Indian cities including 2008 Ahmedabad bombings. The Gujarat Intelligence Force wing, is considered to be one of the reputed state police intelligence forces.

Hierarchy

Officers

  • Director general of police (DGP)

  • Additional Director general of police (ADGP)

  • Inspector general of police (IG)

  • Deputy inspector general of police (DIG)

  • Superintendent of police (SP)

  • Additional Superintendent of Police (Addl.SP)

  • Assistant / Deputy Superintendent of Police (ASP/Dy.SP)

  • Police Inspector (PI)

  • Police Sub Inspector (PSI)

  • Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI)

  • Head constable (HC)

  • Police constable (PC)

Leaders

On 31 January 2023 Vikash Sahay of 1987 batch was elevated to the post of Director General of Police (DGP), replacing Ashish Bhatiya.

List of DGPs of Gujarat

Following is the list of All DGPs.

DGP NameFromtoRemarks
K Chakravarthi1 April 200131 January 2004DGP during 2002 Gujarat Riots
A K Bhargav1 February 200430 April 2006
P C PandeyApril 2006February 2009
Shabbir KhandwawalaFebruary 2009December 2010DGP of Gujarat. Got 1 extension of 3 months.
Chittranjan SinghDecember 2010February 2013Incharge DGP
Amitabh PathakFebruary 201324 August 2013Died during office tenure
Pramod KumarAugust 2013December 2013Incharge DGP
P C Thakur10 December 2013April 2017
P P PandeyApril 2016April 2017Forced to resign by Supreme Court of India
Geetha Johri4 April 2017December 2017Incharge DGP
Pramod KumarDecember 2017February 2018Incharge DGP
Shivanand Jha1 March 201831 July 2020Got extension of 3 months
Ashish Bhatia1 August 202031 January 2023Got 2 extension. 2 months and then of 8 months till 31 Jan' 23.
Vikas Sahay1 February 202331 December 2025Got extension of 6 months

Special Unit

  • The Gujarat Intelligence Force wing
  • Anti-terrorist squad (ATS)
  • CID crime and railways
  • Armed unit
  • Special Action Force (SAF)
  • Technical services
  • Training
  • State crime record Bureau

References

References

  1. "Gujarat Budget Analysis 2019–2020". [[PRS Legislative Research]].
  2. Pathak, Anil. (18 August 2008). "Cracking the case was Herculean effort".
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