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Dinkar Gupta, a 1987 batch IPS officer, was on Thursday appointed the Director General of Punjab Police. His appointment was cleared by the Chief Minister on Thursday morning.
Mr. Gupta succeeds Suresh Arora, who had been on an extension after his retirement on September 30 2018.
Dinkar Gupta is the senior most of the three officers, all of the same batch, to be empanelled for appointment to the top post by the UPSC earlier this week.
In his previous stint, Mr. Gupta was posted as Director General of Police, Intelligence, Punjab, which involved the direct supervision of Punjab State Intelligence Wing, State Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and Organised Crime Control Unit (OCCU).
He had served as Senior Superintendent of Police of Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur districts for more than seven years during the terrorist phase in Punjab. He also served as DIG (Jalandhar Range), DIG (Ludhiana Range), DIG (Counter-Intelligence), Punjab, and DIG (Intelligence), Punjab, till 2004.
Among his other past assignments in the state were ADGP Administration and Community Policing (2015-17).