AMN / Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday appointed Dilbagh Singh as the Director General of Police (DGP). Singh will replace S P Vaid who has been transferred and posted as Transport Commissioner J&K.
“Dilbagh Singh, DGP Prisons, will hold the charge of the post of DGP, J&K in addition to his own duties, till a regular arrangement is made,” said an order issued by the Home department.
Transfer came days after the release of militants’ relatives in exchange for kidnapped family members of policemen.
Vaid will be posted as the state transport commissioner and Dilbag Singh, DGP (Prisons) will hold the additional charge till a regular arrangement is made, a government order said.
The move follows the replacement of Abdul Gani Mir, the Additional Director General of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, by Dr B Srinivas on Tuesday.
Last week, three policemen and eight relatives of policemen were kidnapped by militants in south Kashmir. They were set free hours after the police released around a dozen family members of militants, including the father of Hizbul Mujahideen ‘commander’ Riaz Naikoo.