Imphal, Apr 4 (PTI) Former Director General of Police (Jammu and Kashmir) Gopal Sharma today assumed charge as the security advisor to Manipur Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh, officials said.
Sharma would advise the CM on all security issues in Manipur for a tenure of two years, they said.
He was appointed for the freshly-created post by a three-member panel as provided by the Centre in view of the increasing insurgency problem in this border state.
Sharma, a 1972 batch IPS officer, was security advisor to former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Gulam Nabi Azad.