IPS officer Gaurav Yadav named Punjab's new Director General of Police

IPS officer Gaurav Yadav has been appointed as the new Director General of Police (DGP) for Punjab for a two-year term. The appointment comes as Congress leader Pargat Singh accuses the AAP government of systemic corruption.

Punjab Government appoints IPS officer Gaurav Yadav as Director General of Police (DGP) for a minimum tenure of two years, an official order issued on Friday stated.

The order was issued following consideration of the panel received from the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), the Home Department said. Apart from Gaurav Yadav, the names of IPS officers, Sharad Satya Chauhan and Harpreet Singh Sidhu, were also sent to the state government. All three belong to the 1992 batch of the IPS. Punjab governor approved Yadav’s appointment as the state’s top cop. He was given additional charge of the state DGP in July 2022.

Congress Alleges Systemic Corruption in State

Meanwhile, Punjab Congress Chief Pargat Singh has alleged systemic corruption in the state administration and warned officials against aligning with the government, following the Punjab and Haryana High Court's directive to transfer the case involving letters written by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to the Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday.

Speaking to ANI, Singh took a swipe at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), terming it and the party members a "sham," adding that even the office of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has been under scrutiny. "This party was created by the BJP as their own B-team, but the idea was to make the laws so strict that no matter who the minister or senior official was, anyone involved in corruption would automatically end up in jail. Today, that is the situation. The entire episode involving Arvind Kejriwal and his associates is a sham. Even the Chief Minister's Office has been linked to allegations of corruption, which had also been raised earlier by the Enforcement Directorate," he said. (ANI)

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