Vikas Sahay, IPS (GJ-1989), who was holding the post of DGP Gujarat has been granted extension. He is the third IPS officer in a row, holding the post of DGP, who has been granted extension. Sahay, who was earlier posted as DGP Training, was appointed in-charge DGP of Gujarat Police with effect from February 1, 2023, and appointed to the job full-time on March 1, 2023. His immediate predecessor, DGP Ashish Bhatia (1985 batch), who was appointed Chief of Gujarat Police with effect from August 1, 2020, and was set to retire on May 31, 2022, had received an 8-month extension till January 31, 2023. Similarly, Bhatia’s predecessor, the then DGP Shivanand Jha, who was appointed to the top post in April 2018, and was supposed to superannuate on April 30, 2020, was given a 3-month extension till July 31, 2020.