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PTI Chandigarh, July 4 Senior IPS officer Gaurav Yadav was on Monday appointed the officiating DGP of Punjab after current state police head VK Bhawra proceeded on a two-month leave from Tuesday. According to an official order, Yadav has been given the additional charge of the DGP in addition to his own duties during the leave period of Viresh Kumar Bhawra. This order will come into force with immediate effect, it said. Yadav, a 1992-batch IPS officer, was posted as special principal secretary to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. When reporters asked the CM on the appointment of the officiating DGP after the swearing-in ceremony of five ministers, he said the changes keep taking place in the administration. Yadav, who is the son-in-law of former Punjab DGP P C Dogra, is a counter-intelligence expert. He had served as the intelligence wing chief during the SAD-BJP regime in 2016. The state government can appoint the officiating DGP for a maximum of six months. Within this period, it has to send a list of IPS officers to the Union Public Service Commission which will later send back a panel of three IPS officers to the state government for choosing one out of them. Before applying for leave, DGP Bhawra had sought a central deputation. Yadav's appointment came amid rival political parties attacking the AAP-led government over the alleged deteriorating law and order in the state. The defeat of the AAP in the recently held bypolls to the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat was also attri...

Chandigarh, Jul 4 (PTI) Senior IPS officer Gaurav Yadav on Monday was appointed the officiating DGP of Punjab after current state police head V K Bhawra proceeded on a two-month leave from Tuesday. According to an official order, Yadav has been given the additional charge of the DGP in addition to his own duties during the leave period of Viresh Kumar Bhawra. This order will come into force with immediate effect, it said. Yadav, a 1992-batch IPS officer, was posted as special principal secretary to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. When reporters asked the CM on the appointment of the officiating DGP after the swearing-in ceremony of five ministers, he said the changes keep taking place in the administration. Yadav, who is the son-in-law of former Punjab DGP P C Dogra, is a counter-intelligence expert. He had served as the intelligence wing chief during the SAD-BJP regime in 2016. The state government can appoint the officiating DGP for a maximum of six months. Within this period, it has to send a list of IPS officers to the Union Public Service Commission which will later send back a panel of three IPS officers to the state government for choosing one out of them. Before applying for leave, DGP Bhawra had sought a central deputation. Yadav’s appointment came amid rival political parties attacking the AAP-led government over the alleged deteriorating law and order in the state. The defeat of the AAP in the recently held bypolls to the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat was also att...

On Tuesday, senior IPS officer Gaurav Yadav officially took over as Punjab's director general of police. He reaffirmed the state's commitment to eradicating gangster culture and eliminating the drug epidemic. Yadav was appointed as the officiating DGP after current state police head V K Bhawra proceeded on a two-month leave from Tuesday. After taking over, the officer stated that the goal of the state administration and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was to eradicate gang culture and control the drug epidemic. "We are committed to give a secure law and environment and friendly-policing to the state," Yadav said, while also seeking public's cooperation in this regard. While speaking in the state assembly recently, Mann announced bringing comprehensive law and order reforms as he reiterated his will to eliminate gangster culture from the state. Also read: Delhi police arrest Sidhu Moose Wala's killer Ankit Sirsa Mann had said that the state government was duty-bound to curb gangster activities in the state. Announcing the war against drugs, he had categorically said that police had been directed not to spare anyone conniving with the drug mafia. Mann had said that SSPs and police commissioners had been asked to work closely with the Special Task Force (STF) to catch the big sharks involved in the supply of drugs. Yadav, the 1992-batch IPS officer, was posted as special principal secretary to the chief minister. The officer, who is also the son-in-law of former Punjab Director ...

Chandigarh: Gaurav Yadav, a 1992-batch IPS officer, will be the new Punjab Intelligence chief. He will replace DGP Anil Kumar Sharma, who is retiring on Sunday, a government official said. The posting of Intelligence chief assumes significance as Punjab is going to the polls next year. Yadav is at present posted as IGP, Headquarters. In the past, he has served as the SSP, Chandigarh, and in several other key districts of Punjab. Also, the government has posted Rajendra Namdeo Dhoke, a 1993-batch IPS officer, as the new IGP, Headquarters. tns

Senior IPS officer Gaurav Yadav on Monday was appointed as Punjab’s officiating director general of police (DGP) after current state police head V K Bhawra decided to proceed on a two-month leave from Tuesday. Senior IPS officer Gaurav Yadav on Monday was appointed as Punjab’s officiating DGP. Yadav, who was serving as special DGP, Punjab (administration), will take charge as head of police force (HoPF) in addition to his own duties during Bhawra’s leave period, according to an order issued by the state home department. Bhawra, who was appointed as the state’s top cop six months ago, was reportedly asked to resign from his post after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s defeat in the Sangrur Lok Sabha bypoll, which has largely been attributed to the deteriorating law and order situation in the state, HT had reported earlier. Last week, he wrote a letter to the Punjab government and Union home ministry on his willingness to go on a central deputation. His wife, Anjali Bhawra, an Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer, is already on a central deputation. Yadav, a 1992-batch IPS officer, was posted as special principal secretary to chief minister Bhagwant Mann.