IPS Dr Sagar Preet Hooda appointed as DGP Chandigarh

New Delhi: The Union government on Tuesday appointed AGMUT 1997-batch IPS officer Dr Sagar Preet Hooda as DGP Chandigarh with immediate effect.

Hooda, who is presently posted as Special CP, Intelligence Division, Delhi Police, has been directed by the MHA to look after the charge of DGP until further orders.

IPS Hooda will replace senior IPS officer Pushpendra Kumar, who was appointed as the acting DGP for Chandigarh.

As per rules, officers in the rank of deputy inspector general to additional DG can be appointed as DGP in Chandigarh by temporarily upgrading or downgrading the post on a case-to-case basis.