 Swaranjit Sen also had moved on central deputation serving as Commandant of the 1st Battalion of the Border Security Force in Jammu and Kashmir.Sen rose from the ranks of the police force and finally headed the Andhra Pradesh State Police Force.He was made Director General and Inspector General of Police on 31 December 2004, a post in which he served for two years until his retirement on attaining superannuation on 31 December 2006.