Siddharth Chattopadhyaya given charge of Punjab DGP

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Chandigarh, December 16

In place of Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota, Director (Vigilance) Siddharth Chattopadhyaya has been assigned the work of state DGP till a regular police chief is appointed from a panel of three officers shortlisted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). The orders were issued late Thursday night.

State Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu had been pressing for Chattopadhyaya as DGP after the exit of Capt Amarinder Singh as Chief Minister. Chattopadhyaya had during the Congress government from 2007 to 2012 probed the financial dealings of the Badal family.

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