Vikas Sahay gets six month extension as DGP, Gujarat

IPS Officer Shri Vikas Sahay has been approved to get six month extension as Director General of Police, Gujarat beyond his superannuation i.e. on 30th June, 2025 in relaxation of Rule 16(1) of AIS (DCRB) Rules, 1958 as a special case in public interest. The approval has been made by Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.

Mr. Vikas Sahay is an IPS officer of 1989 batch of Gujarat cadre. Trained at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad, he has taken many important assignment of UN Peace Keeping Mission has been taken by him where he stayed at Bosnia-Herzegovina during 1998-99.

Further, he has held crucial positions in Police Department such as SP Anand in 1999, SP Ahmedabad Rural in 2001, DCP Zone II and III of Ahmedabad City in 2002, DCP traffic of Ahmedabad City in 2004, Additional CP Traffic of Ahmedabad City in 2005, Additional CP Range I of Surat City in 2007, Joint CP Range I Surat city in 2008, IG Security in 2009 and IG CID & Intelligence Bureau in 2010.