Jammu, Feb. 22 -- Former bureaucrat Shantmanu, on Saturday, was sworn in as the state election commissioner of Jammu and Kashmir for a term of five years.

The lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha administered the oath of office to Shantmanu at Lok Bhawan here.

The oath-taking ceremony was attended by chief minister Omar Abdullah and his cabinet colleagues, including deputy chief minister Surinder Choudhary and speaker Abdul Rahim Rather. Chief secretary Atal Dulloo and Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat were also present.

A 1991-batch officer of the AGMUT cadre who recently retired as additional chief secretary and financial commissioner in J&K, Shantmanu, has replaced BR Sharma, who completed his tenure in April 2024.

The appointmen...