{"id":23589,"date":"2021-09-25T12:44:22","date_gmt":"2021-09-25T12:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/?p=23589"},"modified":"2021-09-25T12:44:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-25T12:44:22","slug":"iqbal-preet-singh-sahota-assumes-additional-charge-as-director-general-of-police-punjab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/?p=23589","title":{"rendered":"Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota assumes additional charge as Director General of Police Punjab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>CHANDIGARH, 25 September 2021 :\u00a0 <\/strong>A 1988-batch IPS officer, Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota on Saturday assumed the additional Charge of Director General of Police (Head of Police Force) Punjab . According to the orders issued by the state government, Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota would also continue to hold the charge of Special DGP, Armed Battalion, Punjab.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23605 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dgp2-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dgp2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dgp2-1024x766.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dgp2-768x575.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dgp2.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After assuming charge, newly appointed DGP Punjab held a meeting with all the top brass of Punjab Police. DGP Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota, while terming all the initiatives taken by the Punjab Police in past as extremely laudable, said that he will continue to work for further betterment of the state Police.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cFurther strengthening the fight against drugs and keeping vigil on bad elements, besides, maintaining law and order in the state are among my top priorities,\u201d said the DGP.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23606 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dgp3-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dgp3-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dgp3-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dgp3-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dgp3.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Notably, DGP Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota has served in various capacities in the state. Prior to the posting as Special DGP Armed Battalion Punjab, he had remained Special DGP Punjab Home Guards and Commandant General Civil Defence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He had also served as ADGP PAP Jalandhar, ADGP Railways, ADGP Prisons, ADGP Administration, Director Bureau of Investigation and other major posts in Punjab Police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHANDIGARH, 25 September 2021 :\u00a0 A 1988-batch IPS officer, Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota on 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