PK Agrawal assumes charge as DGP Haryana

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, August 16

Prashanta Kumar Agrawal, an IPS Officer of 1988 batch, on Monday assumed charge as the Director General of Police (DGP), Haryana.

A Guard of Honour was given by police personnel to the new DGP at the Police Headquarters. Senior police officers congratulated him after the latter assumed the charge of the office from incumbent DGP Manoj Yadava.

After assuming the charge, newly-appointed DGP interacted with media persons and said that effective monitoring of crime, its prevention and detection, ensuring safety of women, children and weaker sections, eradication of drug menace would be among his top priorities.

“I would also focus on improving police-public relationship,” he said.

He also thanked Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Home Minister Anil Vij for reposing faith and entrusting him with the responsibility to serve as DGP Haryana.

Describing Haryana Police as one of the best police forces, he said that Haryana Police have taken a lot of initiatives in the past, which were extremely laudable.

“I would try my best to work according to the aspirations of the citizens of the state,” he added.

In reply to a question, he said that cyber-crime has been a new challenge for the police. There has been a phenomenal increase in use of smartphones and online banking over a period of time.

“To achieve their ulterior motive, such fraudsters are adopting new technologies to commit crime. We will adopt and develop specialisation to effectively tackle such crime. Apart from this, the investigation standard would be further increased to make crackdown on such criminals in the days to come,” he added.

In reply to yet another question, the DGP said that there is no place for corruption in the police functioning and it would not be tolerated at any cost.

“If corruption is found anywhere strict action will be taken against the guilty as per law,” he said.

PK Agrawal, a 1988-batch IPS officer from Bihar, served the people in different districts as ASP, Additional SP, SP, Range IGP and Commissioner of Police.

Before being appointed as DGP Haryana, he also served as DGP Crime and Director General, State Vigilance Bureau.

A recipient of the Police Medal for Meritorious Services in 2004 and President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Services in 2015, Agrawal also attended various seminars, conferences and training courses at Bureau of Police Research and Development, New Delhi, NICFS, Intelligence Bureau, CBI, NCB, XLRI, Jamshedpur including NCTP at NPA along with exposure of law enforcement agencies in the USA.