PK Agrawal is new Haryana DGP
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, August 15
The Haryana government on Sunday appointed 1988-batch IPS officer Prashanta Kumar Agrawal as DGP Haryana. His term will be of two years from the date of his assumption of office.
Earlier, the UPSC had empanelled IPS officers Dr RC Mishra (1989 batch), Muhammad Akil (1989 batch) and Agrawal for the post. The government chose Agrawal today.
He would replace Manoj Yadava.
Yadava had joined as police chief on February 21, 2019. Citing personal reasons and career prospects, he had earlier written to ACS (Home) Rajeev Arora on June 22 seeking repatriation to Intelligence Bureau.
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