Chandigarh, Apr 7 (PTI) The Punjab government appointed Additional Director General of Police Praveen Kumar Sinha as the chief of the state police's intelligence department on Monday.

A 1994-batch IPS officer, Sinha replaces Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) R K Jaiswal, whose posting order will be issued later on, an order stated.

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Sinha will continue to hold the present charge of ADGP-NRI. Jaiswal was appointed as ADGP Intelligence in November 2023.

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