Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], August 16 (ANI): Haryana government on Monday appointed Senior IPS officer Prashanta Kumar Agrawal as the new Director-General of Police (DGP) of Haryana.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar congratulated Agrawal on his appointment.

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Agrawal assumed charge as the new DGP from the incumbent DGP Manoj Yadava at police headquarters in Panchkula.

Agrawal is a 1998 batch IPS officer. (ANI)

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