Punjab-cadre IPS officer Kuldeep Singh Chahal has been appointed as the new Commissioner of Police, Jalandhar. The orders of his posting as CP Jalandhar was released by Punjab government late Saturday evening.

Chahal, a 2009-batch IPS officer, had earlier served as the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of the UT. He was relieved from his duties last month by the UT administration, and was awaiting new posting with Punjab Government.

Chahal who hails from Haryana started his career as an ASI in Chandigarh Police, after which he cracked the civil services examination to become an IPS officer. Meanwhile, 2007-batch IPS officer S Boopathi, who was posted as DIG, Jalandhar Range, and Commissioner of Police, Jalandhar, has been posted as DIG Administration.

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