IPS officer Rajesh Kumar, set to retire on 31 Jan, was eligible to be West Bengal DGP when the post fell vacant in 2023. He moved the Central Administrative Tribunal in Dec 2024.
Singhal has spent most of his career in Haryana, with stints in various operational and administrative roles. His appointment came on the day his predecessor O.P. Singh retired.
Incumbent DGP Kapur went on leave after being accused of abetting IPS Y. Puran Kumar's suicide. OP Singh is acting DGP. UPSC says Kapur is merely on leave, not retired or removed.
The DGP's latest post advises people to be part of the solution. The DGP who juggles multiple hats, says he can do it all easily because: 'I keep my one-kilometer running time under five minutes.'
Special Investigation Team is already probing after Haryana Police had booked ex-DGP Mohd Mustafa & his wife, ex-minister Razia Sultana, in connection with the death of their son.
First letter was addressed to entire Haryana Police force. Second letter also asks police officers to treat youth as they treat own kids, and victims & women with respect.
FIR comes after deceased cop Y Puran Kumar’s wife sought action against Kapur & Rohtak SP for 'abetting suicide'. Kumar accused several IAS, IPS officers of harassment in his note.
DGP Shatrujeet Kapur & Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarnia forced her husband to commit suicide, publicly humiliated & harassed him, & conspired to trap him in false cases, she alleges.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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