The Gujarat Police Department is the law enforcement agency for the state of Gujarat in India. The Gujarat Police has its headquarters in Gandhinagar, the state capital, and Ahmedabad.
The Gujarat Police Department came into existence after Gujarat's separation from the Greater Mumbai state on 1 May 1960. __TOC__
Organisation The Gujarat Police Department is headed by Director General of Police (DGP.). It has four Commissioners' offices : Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Rajkot. There are nine ranges in the Gujarat Police: Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Gandhinagar, Surat, Rajkot, Junagadh, Bhavnagar, Dahod Panchmahal and Border Range. For police administration the state is further divided into 33 police districts and Western Railway Police.
Gujarat Police has some branches for special tasks: Crime, Special Action Force, Anti-terrorist squad (ATS) and The Gujarat Intelligence Force wing. The Gujarat Police was the first state police department to crack the serial bomb blast mystery during 2007–08 in many Indian cities including 2008 Ahmedabad bombings. The Gujarat Intelligence Force wing, is considered to be one of the reputed state police intelligence forces. Hierarchy Officers Director general of police (DGP) Additional Director general of police (ADGP) Inspector general of police (IG) Deputy inspector general of police (DIG) Superintendent of police (SP) Additional Superintendent of Police (Addl.SP) Assistant / Deputy Superintendent of Police (ASP/Dy.SP)
Police Inspector (PI) Police Sub Inspector (PSI) Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Head constable (HC) Police constable (PC)
Leaders On 8 June 2026, Gyanender Singh Malik was named Director General of Police (DGP), replacing K.L.N. Rao.
List of DGPs of Gujarat Following is the list of All DGPs. DGP Name From to Remarks K Chakravarthi 1 April 2001 31 January 2004 DGP during 2002 Gujarat Riots A K Bhargav 1 February 2004 30 April 2006 P C Pandey April 2006 February 2009 Shabbir Khandwawala February 2009 December 2010 DGP of Gujarat. Got 1 extension of 3 months. Chittranjan Singh December 2010 February 2013 Incharge DGP Amitabh Pathak February 2013 24 August 2013 Died during office tenure Pramod Kumar August 2013 December 2013 Incharge DGP P C Thakur 10 December 2013 April 2017 P P Pandey April 2016 April 2017 Forced to resign by Supreme Court of India Geetha Johri 4 April 2017 December 2017 Incharge DGP Pramod Kumar December 2017 February 2018 Incharge DGP Shivanand Jha 1 March 2018 31 July 2020 Got extension of 3 months Ashish Bhatia 1 August 2020 31 January 2023 Got 2 extension. 2 months and then of 8 months till 31 Jan' 23. Vikas Sahay 1 February 2023 31 December 2025 Got extension of 6 months KLN Rao 1 January 2026 7 June 2026 Incharge DGPGyanender Singh Malik8 June 2026Incumbent
Special Unit
The Gujarat Intelligence Force wing Anti-terrorist squad (ATS) CID crime and railways Armed unit Special Action Force (SAF) Technical services Training State crime record Bureau
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External links Shivanand Jha appointed new DGP of Gujarat