Kuladhar Saikia appointed as next Assam DGP

GUWAHATI: Assam government today appointed senior IPS officer Kuladhar Saikia as the new Director General of Police of the state.nnSaikia is also a well-know short story writer and recipient of the Sahitya Akademi award.nn”Kuladhar Saikia, Special DGP (Law & Order), is promoted and posted as Director General of Police, Assam,” an official order from the Home Department said.nnSaikia, a 1985-batch IPS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, will take charge from present incumbent DGP Mukesh Sahay on his superannuation on April 30, it added.nnSaikia, a Ph.D from IIT-Guwahati, has 20 published short story collections under his credit.nnHe got the Sahitya Akademi award for his Assamese short story collection, “Akashar Chhabi Aru Anyanya Galpa”, in 2015.nnSource: Press Trust of India