Chandigarh, June 3: The Punjab Government on Friday gave additional charge of prisons to Harpreet Singh Sidhu, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP).
Punjab: Anti-drug STF chief Harpreet Sidhu gets additional charge as ADGP, Prisons
Chandigarh, June 3: The Punjab Government on Friday gave additional charge of prisons to Harpreet Singh Sidhu, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP).
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The 1993-batch IPS officer, Varinder Kumar, who was the ADGP (Jails), was on Tuesday transferred as Chief Director of the Punjab Vigilance Bureau, replacing same batch officer Ishwar Singh, who has been transferred as the ADGP (Law and Order).
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This move has come at a time when the Bhagwant Mann-led AAP Government in Punjab is focusing on jails to crack down on gangsters and drug smuggling.
-PTC News
