New Delhi, Jan 31 (Inditop.com) National Disaster Response Force chief Ranjit Bhatia Sunday took over as the director general of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).

A 1974-batch Indian Police Service officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, Bhatia took over from Vikram Srivastava, who will now head the country’s largest paramilitary force, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

Bhatia has served in Uttar Pradesh police, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Cabinet Secretariat and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).