Senior IPS officer Ashok Juneja takes over as Chattisgarh DGP

New Delhi, November 16

Senior IPS officer Ashok Juneja took over as the new Director General of Police replacing the incumbent D M Awasthi.

As per an order issued by the Home Department, Awasthi, a 1986-batch IPS officer serving as the DGP since December 19, 2018, has been appointed as Director General of the State Police Academy in Raipur.

Juneja, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) of anti-Naxal operations/state intelligence branch (SIB) and holding the additional charge of Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) and Special Task Force (STF), has been made acting DGP till further orders, the order said.

Juneja will continue to hold the existing portfolios till further orders, it said.

The reshuffle took place two days after Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel chaired a review meeting and expressed displeasure over ''slow'' progress of various works in the home department.