Ranchi, Nov 6 (PTI) Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Tadasha Mishra was on Thursday appointed as acting Director General of Police (DGP) of Jharkhand, a day after Anurag Gupta resigned from the post of DGP, a government notification said.

"Tadasha Mishra, special secretary at Home, Prison & Disaster Management department, Jharkhand, is transferred and posted as in-charge Director General & Inspector General of Police, Jharkhand, Ranchi in her existing pay scale until further orders," the notification said.

Mishra is a 1994-batch IPS officer.

Meanwhile, the government has accepted the resignation submitted by Anurag Gupta from the post of DGP.

"The application for voluntary retirement submitted by Anurag Gupta, IPS (1990) and DGP, is accepted. Gupta shall be considered retired

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