Himachal Pradesh government has appointed IPS officer Dr. Atul Verma as the new Director General of Police (DGP) of Himachal Pradesh. After the permission of the Election Commission, the state government issued its notification on Wednesday. Dr. Verma is a 1991 batch IPS officer. He has been the head of CID during the tenure of former IPS officer Sanjay Kundu as DGP. In the afternoon, Dr. Verma reached the police headquarters and took charge as the Director General of Police.
Verma–the 1991-batch IPS officer–will replace Sanjay Kundu, who retired on April 30.
Atul Verma is currently posted as the Director General of the Himachal Pradesh CID. His appointment as the new Himachal DGP was notified by the Governor on Wednesday morning.
He returned recently from central deputation.
Verma is seen as a trusted officer of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu as he was given the charge of the all-important CID wing recently after the Congress government’s fiasco in the Rajya Sabha election, when six of its MLAs cross-voted for the BJP.
