 "P P Pandey appointed as in-charge Gujarat DGP")
Senior IPS officer P P Pandey, who is out on bail in the alleged fake encounter case of Ishrat Jahan, has been appointed as the in-charge Director General of Police (DGP) of Gujarat after the incumbent P C Thakur was transferred to Delhi, a senior police official from the state control room said today.
The control room was informed late last night that P P Pandey would hold the additional charge of state DGP till further announcement about the permanent DGP, said the official requesting anonymity.
Pandey is a DGP rank IPS officer and currently posted as the Director of state Anti Corruption Bureau.
Ministry of Home Affairs through a circular has announced the appointment of Thakur, who was serving as state DGP since 2013, as the Director General of Civil Defence and Home Guards in Delhi.
The control room was informed late last night that P P Pandey would hold the additional charge of state DGP till further announcement about the permanent DGP, said the official requesting anonymity.
Pandey is a DGP rank IPS officer and currently posted as the Director of state Anti Corruption Bureau.
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He was re-inducted into service last year after he secured bail in the Ishrat Jahan case.
Ministry of Home Affairs through a circular has announced the appointment of Thakur, who was serving as state DGP since 2013, as the Director General of Civil Defence and Home Guards in Delhi.