Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], May 31 (ANI): IPS officer Sanjay Kundu on Saturday took charge as the new Director-General of Police (DGP) of Himachal Pradesh, succeeding Sita Ram Mardi.

Kundu, a 1989-batch IPS officer, has worked with the state and central governments as well as the United Nations as police commissioner, where he worked on human rights and national capacity building.

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At present, Kundu also holds the charge of the principal resident commissioner of Himachal Pradesh at New Delhi.

He has served as a joint secretary in the Union Water Resources Ministry and held the additional charge of Brahmaputra Board chairperson and National Project Construction Corporation (PSU) chairperson. (ANI)

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