New Delhi, June 25 -- The Union government on Wednesday granted an extension in service to the director of the Special Protection Group (SPG), Alok Sharma, for 9 months until March 31, 2027. Sharma, a 1991 batch IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, who has been the chief of the country's elite security unit, which is in charge of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's security, was set to retire on Tuesday (June 30). An order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training(DoPT) said, "The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the extension in service of Shri Alok Sharma, IPS (UP:1991), Director, Special Protection Group, for a period of nine months w.e.f. 01.07.2026 i.e. upto 31.03.2027, in relaxation of FR 56(d) and the All Ind...