<p>Senior Indian Police Service officer Rajiv Singh was on Thursday appointed as the new DGP of Manipur, according to an official order.</p>.<p>Singh replaces P Doungel, who will be Officer on Special Duty (Home), a new post created by the Manipur government.</p>.<p>Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department Special Secretary N Geoffrey said in an order that Rajiv Singh will be the new DGP of Manipur and Head of the Police Force immediately upon joining the state government.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read — <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/cbi-judicial-commission-to-probe-manipur-violence-amit-shah-warns-militants-1223824.html">Manipur violence: CBI probe, judicial panel & a warning</a></strong></p>.<p>On Monday, the Union Home Ministry transferred him from the Tripura cadre to the Manipur cadre on deputation for three years in "relaxation of the policy as a special case in the public interest".</p>.<p>Singh, an IPS officer of the 1993 batch, was serving as the Inspector General of the CRPF.</p>.<p>To accommodate Doungel, the Manipur government created the post "OSD (Home) at apex scale of IPS", the order stated.</p>.<p>"Further, the Governor of Manipur is also pleased to order that Shri Rajiv Singh, IPS (TR:93) should take charge of the post of DGP, Manipur from P Doungel, IPS (MA:87) immediately upon joining the state government," it added.</p>.<p>Soon after the violence broke out in the state on May 3, the central government appointed former chief of the CRPF Kuldiep Singh as a security adviser to the Manipur government.</p>.<p>Manipur, which has been hit by ethnic conflict for nearly a month, witnessed a sudden spurt in clashes and firing between militants and security forces on Sunday, after a relative lull for over a fortnight.</p>.<p>The death toll from clashes since ethnic violence began on May 3 has gone up to 80, officials said.</p>.<p>Ethnic violence first broke out in Manipur after a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in the hill districts on May 3 to protest the Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.</p>.<p>The violence was preceded by tension over the eviction of Kuki villagers from reserve forest land, which had led to a series of smaller agitations.</p>
<p>Senior Indian Police Service officer Rajiv Singh was on Thursday appointed as the new DGP of Manipur, according to an official order.</p>.<p>Singh replaces P Doungel, who will be Officer on Special Duty (Home), a new post created by the Manipur government.</p>.<p>Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department Special Secretary N Geoffrey said in an order that Rajiv Singh will be the new DGP of Manipur and Head of the Police Force immediately upon joining the state government.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read — <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/cbi-judicial-commission-to-probe-manipur-violence-amit-shah-warns-militants-1223824.html">Manipur violence: CBI probe, judicial panel & a warning</a></strong></p>.<p>On Monday, the Union Home Ministry transferred him from the Tripura cadre to the Manipur cadre on deputation for three years in "relaxation of the policy as a special case in the public interest".</p>.<p>Singh, an IPS officer of the 1993 batch, was serving as the Inspector General of the CRPF.</p>.<p>To accommodate Doungel, the Manipur government created the post "OSD (Home) at apex scale of IPS", the order stated.</p>.<p>"Further, the Governor of Manipur is also pleased to order that Shri Rajiv Singh, IPS (TR:93) should take charge of the post of DGP, Manipur from P Doungel, IPS (MA:87) immediately upon joining the state government," it added.</p>.<p>Soon after the violence broke out in the state on May 3, the central government appointed former chief of the CRPF Kuldiep Singh as a security adviser to the Manipur government.</p>.<p>Manipur, which has been hit by ethnic conflict for nearly a month, witnessed a sudden spurt in clashes and firing between militants and security forces on Sunday, after a relative lull for over a fortnight.</p>.<p>The death toll from clashes since ethnic violence began on May 3 has gone up to 80, officials said.</p>.<p>Ethnic violence first broke out in Manipur after a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in the hill districts on May 3 to protest the Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.</p>.<p>The violence was preceded by tension over the eviction of Kuki villagers from reserve forest land, which had led to a series of smaller agitations.</p>