Chhattisgarh Government Appoints Sanjeev Shukla as Inaugural Police Commissioner of Raipur
The Chhattisgarh government has made a significant administrative move by appointing 2004-batch IPS officer and Bilaspur IG Sanjeev Shukla as the first Police Commissioner of Raipur. This appointment marks the formal transition of the district to a police commissionerate system, which officially came into effect on Friday.
Major Police Reorganization and Senior Officer Appointments
Alongside Commissioner Shukla, the government has posted IPS officer Amit Tukaram Kamble as Additional Police Commissioner. The reorganization involves several senior officers being reassigned across districts and ranges, with additional DCP-level appointments made to strengthen the urban police structure.
Orders have been issued for the deployment of three Deputy Commissioners of Police under the new commissionerate framework. These include:
- Separate DCP-level officers assigned responsibility for traffic management
- Specialized officers for crime control
- Dedicated officers for cyber policing
This sector-specific enforcement approach reflects the government's focus on specialized policing in the capital city.
New Urban Policing Structure and Jurisdiction Demarcation
With the commissionerate system now operational, seven IPS officers, including the Police Commissioner, will oversee law and order in Raipur city. The urban area has been strategically divided into three policing zones:
- Central Zone
- North Zone
- West Zone
Each zone will function under a Deputy Commissioner of Police to ensure decentralized supervision and faster response times to incidents. The reorganization also establishes clear demarcation between urban and rural policing jurisdictions.
While 21 police stations in Raipur will now function under the commissionerate headed by Police Commissioner Sanjeev Shukla, 12 police stations in the rural belt will remain under the supervision of the Superintendent of Police.
Focus Areas for Urban and Rural Policing
Shweta Shrivastava Sinha, who has taken charge as the first SP of Raipur rural, emphasized that the focus in countryside areas would be on smart policing, with particular emphasis on cracking down on drug abuse and narcotics trafficking. She added that police would work with community support to run de-addiction initiatives, acknowledging that substance dependence remains a major challenge in rural areas.
Efforts will also be intensified to curb cyber fraud and raise public awareness about digital crimes in rural jurisdictions. In the city, police officials confirmed that the campaign against drugs—including ganja, synthetic narcotics, and illicit medicines—would continue without any dilution under the new commissionerate system.
The transition to a police commissionerate system represents a significant overhaul of Raipur's law enforcement structure, aiming to provide more efficient, specialized, and responsive policing for both urban and rural areas of the district.
