Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor appointed as Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)

Exam-focused facts from the 16 January 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor, former Haryana Police chief, has been appointed as the Director General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
He succeeds Praveen Kumar, who has become the head of the Border Security Force (BSF).
Kapoor, a 1990-batch IPS officer, had been relieved from the post of Haryana DGP following controversy related to the suicide of IPS officer Y Puran Kumar.
Kapoor will serve as ITBP chief until October 31, 2026.