SHILLONG, Oct 31 - Senior police officer SB Singh today took temporary charge as Meghalaya DGP after SK Jain retired from the post at the end of his tenure.
Singh is a 1986 IPS official and was the additional DGP. �For the interim period SB Singh would take temporary charge of DGP's post,� Home Minister HDR Lyngdoh said.
Singh assumed the DGP�s chair as the State Security Commission (SSC) has been unable to identify an official �willing or suitable� to take charge as a full-fledged DGP.
Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, who is the SSC chairman, said recently that the Commission is on the lookout for the right official to fill the vacancy.
