Chennai: The Tamilnadu government today appointed IPS officer J K Tripathi as the successor for DGP T K Rajendran who retires 30 June.
Tripathi, a 1985 batch IPS officer, is the senior most among those considered for the post. He will be designated as DGP (Law and Order), which post he had held earlier.
Tripathi also served as Commissioner of Police, Tiruchy and Chennai.
He was with the Uniformed Services Recruitment Board before being appointed as Tamilnadu DGP. He will serve in the post till 2021.