Senior Punjab Police officer retired today
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ May 31,2025
Satish Kumar Asthana, 1993 batch IPS office of Punjab cadre retired today. Asthana retired as Special DGP/Policy & Rules.
Asthana has seen many ups and down in his career. He started as an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in Sutanpur Lodhi in 1993. Over the years, he served in various capacities including SSP in various district, IG Patiala Zone, Director of the Punjab State Narcotics Control Bureau from 2015 to 2018. Promoted to Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) for Modernization in 2018, then transferred to ADGP for Human Rights in 2020.
In 2022 he was removed as the head of the Bureau of Investigation (BoI) after he refused to book former Akali minister Bikram Singh Majithia in a drugs case.
In 2012, he faced suspension for misusing police personnel, but was reinstated and continued his career, reaching DGP rank by 2023.
