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Punjab: VK Bhawra transferred, Gaurav Yadav to continue as DGP

Written by  Dinkle Popli -- September 03rd 2022 03:41 PM -- Updated: September 03rd 2022 03:54 PM
Punjab: VK Bhawra transferred, Gaurav Yadav to continue as DGP

Punjab: VK Bhawra transferred, Gaurav Yadav to continue as DGP

Chandigarh, September 03:Seven months after being appointed from a UPSC select panel, the Punjab Government on Saturday removed IPS officer VK Bhawra from the post of Punjab DGP. The move comes much ahead of two-year tenure as per apex court guidelines. Also Read| PSPCL Recruitment 2022: PSPCL increases posts of Assistant Lineman to 2,000 Reportedly, Gaurav Yadav will continue as the DGP till further orders. Bhawra has been appointed as the Chairman of the Police Housing Corporation.

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IPS officer Gaurav Yadav,IPS officer Gaurav Yadav,
Notably, VK Bhawra was made the DGP after a UPSC panel cleared his name for the same. However, now if the AAP-led Punjab Government retains Gaurav Yadav then  fresh proposal will have to be sent to the UPSC within six months. On the other hand, the Punjab Government is also learnt to have served a show-cause notice on DGP VK Bhawra, for not taking "timely preventive measures on certain intelligence inputs”. VK Bhawra had gone on leave on July 4 after singer Sidhu Moosewala's murder on May 29. It is learnt the government is "upset" with poor handling of the RPG attack on the Punjab Police Intelligence Headquarters at Mohali on May 9. -PTC News with inputs from Gagandeep Ahuja  

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