The Punjab government on Saturday issued a transfer order to appoint IPS officer Viresh Kumar Bhawra as the new DGP of the state. This is the third time in three months that the Police Chief of the state has been transferred.
Bhawra will replace 1986-batch IPS officer S Chattopadhyaya, who landed in a controversy over a security breach during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Ferozepur on January 5. On Friday, Chattopadhyaya, along with 13 other officers, was issued a show-cause notice by the home ministry for the “major security lapse”.
