Chandigarh Police


The Chandigarh Police is the law enforcement agency for the Union Territory of Chandigarh in India. Chandigarh Police has its headquarters in sector 9 D, Chandigarh. The head of the state police is the Director General of Police of Chandigarh. The current DGP of Chandigarh is Dr.Sagar Preet Hooda, IPS of AGMUT Cadre. Chandigarh has the highest police density as compared to all other states and Union Territories across India., there are 5295.6 policemen per 100 km² area in Chandigarh.
Sr. NoNameTook officeLeft office
1B.N. Mehra, IPS28 May 197931 March 1983
2N.K. Singhal, IPS9 May 198323 May 1985
3R.K. Ohri, IPS23 May 198516 January 1987
4V.N, Singh, IPS16 January 19876 March 1989
5G.S. Sandhu, IPS6 March 198930 July 1990
6R.S. Gupta, IPS30 July 199029 September 1993
7Y.S. Dadwal, IPS29 September 199326 December 1995
8R.P. Singh, IPS27 December 19955 April 1999
9Dr Kiran Bedi, IPS5 April 199918 May 1999
10S.K. Singh, IPS1 June 199930 June 2000
11B.S. Bassi, IPS1 July 20009 December 2002
12Rajesh Kumar, IPS9 December 200227 April 2005
13Satish Chandra, IPS27 April 20059 October 2006
14S.K Jain, IPS9 October 200614 September 2009
15P.K Srivastava, IPS5 December 201029 August 2012
16R.P Upadhyaya, IPS30 January 20138 March 2016
17Tejendra Luthra, IPS8 March 201626 June 2018
18Sanjay Beniwal, IPS27 June 201821 August 2021
19Praveer Ranjan, IPS21 August 202112 March 2024
20Surendra Singh Yadav, IPS16 March 202430 March 2025
Pushpendra Kumar, ''IPS''1 April 202514 July 2025
21Dr.Sagar Preet Hooda,IPS15 JulyIncumbent

Organizational structure

Chandigarh Police comes under the administrative control of the Department of Home, Chandigarh administration. The department is headed by the Home Secretary of Chandigarh. The Head of Police Force is the Director General of Police. There are 5 major SP/SSP ranked posts in Chandigarh Police which are headed by various IPS officers. They report to the DIG, Chandigarh, who in turns report to the IG, Chandigarh. The Police force is staffed by IPS officers of the AGMUT cadre, however, the posts of SSP/UT and SSP/Traffic and Security are usually filled in by officers of Punjab and Haryana Cadre who are in deputation to the AGMUT Cadre.
NameCurrent Posting
Dr.Sagar Preet Hooda, IPSDirector General of Police
Raj Kumar Singh, IPSIG Chandigarh
Deepak Purohit, IPSDIG Chandigarh
Manisha Chaudhary, IPSSSP UT Chandigarh
Manisha Chaudhury, IPSSSP Traffic and Security
Manoj Kumar Meena, IPSSSP Crime, Intelligence and Headquarters & Vigilance
Ketan Bansal, IPSSP Operation, Cyber, EOW and Women Cell
Shruti Arora, IPSCommandant - IRB Chandigarh & SP City