Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 7: Son of the soil Harish Kumar Gupta, a senior IPS officer, was today appointed as new Director General of Police of Andhra Pradesh.
The appointment was made by the Election Commission of India a day after DGP Kasireddy Rajendranath Reddy was transferred.
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In an official communication to Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary KS Jawahar Reddy, the Election Commission directed the new DGP to take charge immediately and send a compliance report to the ECI.
Gupta hails from Jammu and is an IPS officer of 1992 batch. He has held various prestigious assignments.
“The Commission has acceded to the posting of Harish Kumar Gupta as DGP of Andhra Pradesh. The officer will take charge immediately and a compliance report will be submitted to the Commission,” the letter to the Chief Secretary read.
Acting on the instructions of the ECI, Jawahar Reddy had sent a panel of three IPS officers – APSRTC MD Ch Dwaraka Tirumala Rao, Madireddy Pratap and Principal Secretary Harish Kumar Gupta on Monday. After reviewing the recommendations, the Commission selected Harish Kumar Gupta as the DGP.
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