First major bureaucratic change after Delhi Polls in Punjab; vigilance chief transferred ,5 months before retirement
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ February 17,2025
In a surprise move, Punjab government has changed the vigilance chief Varinder Kumar, IPS and posted G. Nageshwar Rao, IPS , ADGP, Provisioning as the chief director, Vigilance in place of Varinder Kumar.
No posting is given to Varinder Kumar, IPS. Varinder Kumar is going to retire on July 31,2025.
Punjab government had appointed Varinder Kumar IPS (1993 batch) as the chief director vigilance bureau on 31 May 2022 on the last day of retirement of Ishwar Singh,IPS. Before that Singh was the vigilance and retired on July 31,2025
First major bureaucratic change after Delhi Polls in Punjab; vigilance chief transferred ,5 months before retirement. According to information shared by the Spokesperson of the Vigilance Bureau, Rao will be taking over the reins from Special Director General of Police Varinder Kumar, an IPS officer of the 1993 batch. Varinder Kumar has been relieved from the charge of Chief Director of the Vigilance Bureau and will report to the Director General of Police, Punjab, Chandigarh, for further duties.
It is pertinent to mention here that G. Nageswara Rao brings with him a wealth of experience, having served in various significant positions, including Special Principal Secretary, Department of Home Affairs and Justice, Punjab, Director of the Vigilance Bureau, Punjab and DIG/HoB, CBI, ACB, Visakhapatnam, and DIG/HoB, CBI, ACB, Chennai. A distinguished Civil Engineering graduate, Rao has been honoured with several prestigious awards. He was awarded the United Nations Medal for his service as a CIVPOL officer in the United Nations Mission in Kosovo in 2004. He also received the Police Medal for Meritorious Service in 2011 during his deputation to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the occasion of Republic Day, and the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service in 2023, also on the occasion of Republic Day.
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