Chandigarh, April 6 Senior IPS officer Sharad Satya Chauhan has been appointed as the Chief of the Punjab Vigilance Bureau as the state government reshuffled six IPS officers on Monday.
Chauhan, a 1992-batch IPS officer, has been appointed as the state's Special DGP-cum-Chief Director of the Vigilance Bureau, replacing senior IPS officer P K Sinha, according to an official order.
Chauhan was currently holding the position of Special DGP-cum-managing director of the Punjab Police Housing Corporation.
Sinha has been appointed as OSD, law and order. He will take over as Special DGP, law and order on May 1 after Arpit Shukla retires.
Ram Singh, who is Special DGP, Technical Support Services, has been given the additional charge of Special DGP-cum-Commandant General, Punjab Home Guards and Director, Civil Defence, according to the order.
Arun Pal Singh has been posted as managing director of the Punjab Police Housing Corporation, while R K Jaiswal, who is ADGP for NRI Affairs, has been given the additional charge of ADGP for Jails.
Gurmeet Singh Chauhan, IPS, Deputy Inspector General, Anti-gangster Task Force, has been placed at the disposal of the DGP, Punjab, until further orders.