The Punjab government Friday reshuffled five IPS officers, in one of the first rejigs after the Aam Aadmi Party came to power in the state. According to the reports, 1988-batch IPS officer Prabodh Kumar, who was Special DGP (Investigation, Lokpal), has been appointed as Special DGP (Intelligence) against the vacant post. Amardeep Singh, a 1994-batch IPS officer who was ADGP Intelligence, has been transferred as ADGP Traffic. IPS officer SS Srivastava of 1994-batch, who was ADGP Traffic, has been posted as ADGP Intelligence in place of Rai.
According to another order, ADGP Gurpreet Kaur Deo has been appointed as the Chief Vigilance Officer of the Punjab Police which is not true. ADGP Gurpreet Kaur Deo appointment as Chief Vigilance Officer is not true. Various news agencies published this news on their website on the basis of a fake circular doing rounds on social media.
The fake circular states that ADGP Gurpreet Kaur Deo has replaced Ishwar Singh, IPS, ADGP-cum-Chief Director, Vigilance Bureau, Punjab, SAS Nagar. The fake circular has also been signed by the Director General of Punjab.