Bengal IPS officer Tripathi called to Delhi, set to join CISF as DIG

Apart from Nagendra Tripathi, Delhi has sought deputation of two other IPS officers

Written by Atri Mitra
Kolkata | February 15, 2025 04:52 IST

Nagendra Tripathi is a 2009-batch IPS officer

IPS officer Nagendra Tripathi, currently posted in West Bengal, has been asked to report to the Union Home Ministry. He will be posted as the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).

Under Secretary of the Union Home Ministry, Sanjeev Kumar, sent a letter to Chief Secretary of West Bengal, Manoj Pant, in this regard on Wednesday.

Home department sources said that the state government has agreed to send Tripathi for his next posting.

Apart from Nagendra Tripathi, Delhi has sought deputation of two other IPS officers.

The Chief Minister, however, is yet to take a call on the two officers besides Tripathi. A senior official of state administration said, “Chief Minister gave the green signal to release Tripathi but she is yet to decide on the other two IPS officers. She is generally against sending officers on deputation to Delhi.”

Tripathi was made special police observer for the Nandigram Assembly constituency in the 2021 assembly elections, where Mamata Banerjee was a candidate against BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari.

On the election day, the CM sat on dharna in front of a booth and alleged BJP is doing false polling there. Tripathi went there and convinced her to end the protest.

Atri Mitra

Atri Mitra is a Special Correspondent of The Indian Express with more than 20 years of experience in reporting from West Bengal, Bihar and the North-East. He has been covering administration and political news for more than ten years and has a keen interest in political development in West Bengal. Atri holds a Master degree in Economics from Rabindrabharati University and Bachelor's degree from Calcutta University. He is also an alumnus of St. Xavier's, Kolkata and Ramakrishna Mission Asrama, Narendrapur. He started his career with leading vernacular daily the Anandabazar Patrika, and worked there for more than fifteen years. He worked as Bihar correspondent for more than three years for Anandabazar Patrika. He covered the 2009 Lok Sabha election and 2010 assembly elections. He also worked with News18-Bangla and covered the Bihar Lok Sabha election in 2019. ... Read More

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