![India’s elite force DG gets extension few hours before his superannuation India’s elite force DG gets extension few hours before his superannuation](https://i0.wp.com/royalpatiala.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/OrdExtServkk10d_watermark_page-0001-scaled.webp?fit=768%2C1082&ssl=1)
India’s elite force DG gets extension few hours before his superannuation
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ May 31,2023
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the proposal for re-employment of Arun Kumar Sinha, a Kerala cadre IPS officer of 1987 batch, as Director General (DG) of the Special Protection Group (SPG), the elite force that handles the security of the PM, for a period of one year.
![India’s elite force DG gets extension few hours before his superannuation](https://i0.wp.com/royalpatiala.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Director12.png?resize=267%2C267&ssl=1)
DG, SPG
The Special Protection Group (SPG)was raised in 1985 with the intention to provide proximate security cover to the Prime Minister, former Prime Ministers and their immediate family members.