India News | Haryana DGP Manoj Yadava's Tenure Extended

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Haryana government on Thursday extended the tenure of state's police chief Manoj Yadava till further orders.

Chandigarh, Jan 7 (PTI) The Haryana government on Thursday extended the tenure of state's police chief Manoj Yadava till further orders.

Yadava was appointed as state's director-general of police on February 21, 2019 for two years.

"The Haryana Government has issued orders for the extension of tenure of DGP Manoj Yadava beyond February 20, 2021 till further orders," an official release said here.

The 1988-batch, Haryana-cadre IPS officer, who earlier worked as an additional director in the Intelligence Bureau for several years, was among the three Indian Police Service officers recommended by a committee of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for appointment as the state police chief.

The officer had returned to his parent cadre after a 15-year stint with the IB.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)

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