Vipul Kumar is Mangaluru’s new Police Commissioner
Mangaluru: Vipul Kumar, a 1999-batch IPS officer, on Wednesday took charge as the new Mangaluru Police Commissioner. He replaced incumbent T.R. Suresh. These two officers were among a few officers transferred by the State Government following directions of the Election Commission.
Mr. Kumar, 49, a native of Jehanabad in Bihar, has done M.Tech in Petroleum Engineering from the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. Before coming to IPS, he was the Executive Engineer in the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.
Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, Mr. Kumar said an important task before him was to ensure peaceful conduct of the Assembly election in the region.
The IPS officer started as the Assistant Superintendent of Police, Bailhongal Sub Division, Belagavi. He was the Inspector- General of Police (Southern Range) and also the Director of Karnataka Police Academy.
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Punjab Police cops withdrawn from Kejriwal's security
Chandigarh, Jan 23 (PTI): Punjab Police personnel deployed in the security of Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal have been withdrawn, the state police chief said on Thursday.
"Time to time, we get reports of threats to chief minister Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal and we share them with the concerned agencies.
"Following the directions of the Delhi police and the Election Commission today, we withdrew the component of the Punjab police in the security of Kejriwal ji," Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav told reporters in Patiala.
"We showed our concerns to them. We will remain in touch with them. We will share our inputs with the Delhi police," he said.
The development comes ahead of the elections for the 70-member Delhi Assembly on February 5. The poll results are set to be declared on February 8.
