J K News Today
Srinagar, September 6:
The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Thursday night transferred the Director General of Police Shesh Paul Vaid and replaced him with DG Prisons Dilbag Singh.
In a late night development, the State Home Department issued an order saying that Vaid has been transferred and his services placed at the disposal of the General Administration Department (GAD) for further posting as Transport Commissioner.
Vaid has been replaced by 1987 batch IPS officer Dilbag Singh, currently holding the position of Director General of Prisons. The order said that Singh will hold the charge of the post of DGP in addition to his own duties till a regular arrangement is made.
Vaid, a 1986 batch IPS officer of J&K cadre was son of the soil. He belonged to Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir.
While Dilbag Singh belongs to Punjab. He is the second officer from Punjab in the recent decades to have become the police chief in the State.
Earlier, Gurbachan Jagat had held the position from 1997 to 2001 .