Punjab govt gives Anti-drug STF chief Harpreet Singh Sidhu additional charge of ADGP (Prisons)

On Friday, Harpreet Singh Sidhu, Additional Director General of Police, was given additional responsibility for prisons by the Punjab government.

Sidhu, a 1992-batch IPS officer, who is currently heading the anti-drug Special Task Force (STF), would now hold the additional charge of ADGP (Prisons).

The command of the anti-drug STF will remain with Sidhu, as per a notification issued by the Government of Punjab.

Sidhu is set to replace ADGP Varinder Kumar, who has been posted as Chief Director, Vigilance Bureau.

1993-batch IPS officer Varinder Kumar, who was the ADGP (Jails), was on Tuesday transferred as chief director of Punjab Vigilance Bureau, replacing same batch officer Ishwar Singh, who has been transferred as ADGP (Law and Order).

This move comes as the Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government in Punjab focuses on jails to combat gangsters and drug smuggling.