♦ The Director General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Praveen Kumar, took on additional charge of the Border Security Force (BSF) Director General following the retirement of the incumbent Daljit Singh Chawdhary.

♦ Chawdhary is a 1990-batch IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, handed over the responsibilities to Kumar, a 1993-batch officer of the West Bengal cadre, at a BSF camp in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur. 

♦ Before taking charge as the 35th Director General of the ITBP in 2025 October, Kumar held various important positions at both the state and central levels. He served in the Intelligence Bureau (IB) from 2009. Prior to this, he served as Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the Midnapore Range, where he led security forces in the Naxal-affected areas of Midnapore and surrounding areas.