Archive · 9 Oct 2026
Chhattisgarh IPS Officer Takes Charge of Delhi Metro Security
Santosh Kumar Singh is a police officer from the Chhattisgarh cadre.
He has started a new job helping protect the Delhi Metro.
He will work as a Deputy Inspector General with the Central Industrial Security Force.
His job includes helping keep the Metro’s train lines and passengers safe.
Before this, he worked with the CISF in Hyderabad.
He has also held police leadership jobs in nine districts of Chhattisgarh.
Some of those districts have faced left-wing extremism.
Santosh Kumar Singh has taken charge as DIG of the CISF unit at the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.
The 2011-batch Chhattisgarh-cadre IPS officer is currently on central deputation.
His assignment includes securing Delhi Metro lines and commuters.
Before the posting, he served as DIG, CISF South Zone-2, in Hyderabad.
He previously served as SP or SSP in nine Chhattisgarh districts, including several affected by left-wing extremism.
- Who
- Santosh Kumar Singh, a 2011-batch Chhattisgarh-cadre IPS officer.
- What
- He took charge as DIG of the CISF at the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, with responsibility for security.
- When
- Thursday; the article does not specify a date.
- Where
- Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, Delhi.
- Why
- He was assigned to secure Metro lines and commuters, with the article citing his security-management experience and administrative capabilities.
- Officer
- Santosh Kumar Singh
- IPS batch
- 2011
- Current post
- Deputy Inspector General, CISF at DMRC
- Deputation
- Central deputation
- Previous CISF role
- DIG, South Zone-2, Hyderabad
- Previous district leadership
- SP or SSP in nine Chhattisgarh districts
- Security assignment
- Secure Delhi Metro lines and commuters