Chandigarh, Dec 14 (PTI) Two months after he was sent on leave amid a controversy over IPS officer Y Puran Kumar's alleged suicide, the Haryana government on Sunday relieved IPS officer Shatrujeet Kapur from the charge of Director General of Police (DGP).

O P Singh who was given additional charge as state police chief during Kapur's absence has been appointed as officiating DGP (head of police force) till further orders.

The Haryana government is likely to send a panel of senior IPS officers to the Union Public Service Commission for appointing a new DGP as Singh, a 1992-batch IPS officer, is due to retire on December 31.

Kapur, a 1990-batch IPS officer, will continue to hold the charge of chairman of Haryana Police Housing Corporation, Panchkula, according to an official order. An engi

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