New Delhi: The Punjab government on Saturday appointed Viresh Viresh Kumar Bhawra officer as a new DGP from the country in the middle of the “main deviation in security” during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Narendra to Punjab.
1987-Batch IPS Viresh Kumar Bhawra has served in the main post in Punjab and Center at Intelligence Bureau (IB).
“With the consideration of the panel received from the Union Public Service Commission, the Governor of Punjab is happy to appoint Viresh Kumar Bhawra, IPS, as Director General of Police, Punjab (Police Chief).
The term is for the minimum period.
From two years from the date of office assumptions in pursuit The Supreme Court order on July 3, 2018, “said the Punjab government in its order.
Bhawra, who is a DGP of Punjab Home Guards, replaces the DGP Siddharth Chattopadhyaya.
The central government on Thursday is the three member committee, led by Sudhir Kumar Saxena, Secretary (security), the Cabinet Secretariat, and consists of Balbir Singh, Director of Joint Intelligence Bureau, and S Suresh, IG, Special Protection Group, to Ask ” The main deviation in security “during the Modi visit to Punjab.
Chattopadhyaya along with 13 police and other civil officials appeared on Friday at Ferozepur before the three members were formed by the government.
The prime minister must return from the state polls without attending any event, including a general meeting, after he was stranded on the flyover because of the blockade by protesters.
Charanjit Minister Punjab Head Channi denied there was a security hose or political motif behind him and said his government was ready for an investigation.
The Punjab government has also established a committee on Wednesday to ask for the incident.
(With agency input)
In the middle of the line above PM ‘security hose’, Punjab pointed to the new DGP
