Triveni Singh, renowned IPS Officer retires voluntarily on health grounds

Triveni Singh, renowned IPS Officer retires voluntarily on health grounds

Triveni Singh renowned Cybercrime expert IPS officer takes voluntary retirement.
He was recognised for his contributions to solving cybercrime cases.

Notwithstanding his retirement, he remains committed to working in the field of cybersecurity. He is the first person to complete a PhD in cybercrime and earlier was involved in investigating anomalies in Madrasas funding. It isn’t clear if he will continue as a member of the probe committee.

Triveni Singh, a 58-year-old Indian Police Service (IPS) officer’s voluntary retirement application, submitted in February this year for health reasons, was accepted on Thursday, as per senior police officials at the Director General of Police Headquarters.

A 2011 batch state cadre IPS officer Triveni Singh who is known as the ‘cybercop’, held the position of superintendent of police (SP) cybercrime since August 2020. He retired at least two years before his scheduled superannuation in November 2025. Initially appointed as a provincial police services (PPS) officer in 1994, he was promoted to IPS in August 2018.

Prior to becoming an IPS officer, Singh served as Additional Superintendent of Police in the UP Special Task Force (STF). Later, he spent over two years as the district police chief of Azamgarh before being transferred to the role of SP cybercrime.

Regardless his retirement, Triveni Singh expressed his commitment to working in the field of cybersecurity.
He confirmed receiving the documents related to his voluntary retirement on Friday morning.

Notably, Triveni Singh is the first person to complete a PhD in cybercrime. While he was included in the committee formed to investigate anomalies in Madrasas funding, it remains unclear whether he will continue as a member of the probe committee.

News Edit K.V.Raman