Two months after being sent on leave amid a controversy over IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar's death, the Haryana government has relieved IPS Shatrujeet Kapur from the charge of Director General of Police.
O.P. Singh, who was given the additional charge as State police chief during Mr. Kapur's absence, has been appointed as officiating DGP till further orders.
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The Haryana government is likely to send a panel of senior IPS officers' names to the Union Public Service Commission to appoint a new State police chief, as Mr. Singh, a 1992-batch IPS officer, is due to retire on December 31.
Mr. Kapur, a 1990-batch IPS officer, will continue to hold the charge of chairman of Haryana Police Housing Corporation, Panchkula, according to an official order. An engineering graduate, Mr. Kapur was appointed the State police chief in August 2023.
