Chandigarh, Dec 23 (PTI) Senior IPS officer R K Jaiswal has been appointed as the head of the intelligence wing of the Punjab Police on Saturday, according to an official order.

Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Jaiswal, a 1997-batch IPS officer, has been given the charge of ADGP Intelligence, Punjab (head of wing), as per the order.

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Jaiswal replaces senior IPS officer Varinder Kumar who was holding the additional charge of the Intelligence wing. Kumar is the special DGP-cum-chief director of the vigilance bureau.

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