The Chandigarh Police is the law enforcement agency for the Union Territory of Chandigarh in India. Chandigarh Police has its headquarters in sector 9 D, Chandigarh. The head of the state police is the Director General of Police of Chandigarh. The current DGP of Chandigarh is Dr.Sagar Preet Hooda, IPS of AGMUT Cadre. Chandigarh has the highest police density as compared to all other states and Union Territories across India. , there are 5295.6 policemen per 100 km² area in Chandigarh.
+ List of former IGP/ DGP of ChandigarhSr. NoNameTook officeLeft office1B.N. Mehra, IPS28 May 1979 31 March 19832N.K. Singhal, IPS9 May 1983 23 May 19853R.K. Ohri, IPS23 May 1985 16 January 19874V.N, Singh, IPS16 January 1987 6 March 19895G.S. Sandhu, IPS6 March 1989 30 July 19906R.S. Gupta, IPS30 July 1990 29 September 19937Y.S. Dadwal, IPS29 September 1993 26 December 19958R.P. Singh, IPS27 December 19955 April 19999Dr Kiran Bedi, IPS5 April 199918 May 199910S.K. Singh, IPS1 June 199930 June 200011B.S. Bassi, IPS1 July 20009 December 200212Rajesh Kumar, IPS9 December 200227 April 200513Satish Chandra, IPS27 April 2005 9 October 200614S.K Jain, IPS9 October 2006 14 September 200915P.K Srivastava, IPS5 December 2010 29 August 201216R.P Upadhyaya, IPS30 January 2013 8 March 201617Tejendra Luthra, IPS8 March 2016 26 June 201818Sanjay Beniwal, IPS27 June 2018 21 August 202119Praveer Ranjan, IPS21 August 202112 March 202420Surendra Singh Yadav, IPS16 March 2024 30 March 2025 (Acting)Pushpendra Kumar, IPS1 April 202514 July 202521Dr.Sagar Preet Hooda, IPS15 July 2025 Incumbent
Organizational structure Chandigarh Police comes under the administrative control of the Department of Home, Chandigarh administration. The department is headed by the Home Secretary of Chandigarh. The Head of Police Force is the Director General of Police. There are 5 major SP/SSP ranked posts in Chandigarh Police which are headed by various IPS officers. They report to the DIG, Chandigarh, who in turns report to the IG, Chandigarh. The Police force is staffed by IPS officers of the AGMUT cadre, however, the posts of SSP/UT and SSP/Traffic and Security are usually filled in by officers of Punjab and Haryana Cadre who are in deputation to the AGMUT Cadre.
NameCurrent PostingDr.Sagar Preet Hooda, IPS Director General of PoliceRaj Kumar Singh, IPSIG ChandigarhDeepak Purohit, IPSDIG ChandigarhManisha Chaudhary(Temporary Charge), IPSSSP UT ChandigarhManisha Chaudhury, IPSSSP Traffic and SecurityManoj Kumar Meena, IPSSSP Crime, Intelligence and Headquarters & VigilanceKetan Bansal, IPSSP Operation, Cyber, EOW and Women CellShruti Arora, IPSCommandant - IRB Chandigarh & SP City
References
External links Chandigarh Police official page