Harpreet Sidhu new Punjab ADGP, prisons

Harpreet Singh Sidhu, a 1992-batch IPS officer, is also heading the state’s anti-drug special task force

The Punjab government on Friday gave additional charge of prisons to additional director general of police (ADGP) rank officer Harpreet Singh Sidhu, according to an official order.

The Punjab government gave additional director general of police Harpreet Singh Sidhu, a 1992-batch IPS officer, the charge of prisons in addition to heading the anti-drug special task force. (HT file photo)

Sidhu, a 1992-batch IPS officer, is heading the anti-drug special task force (STF) at present.

ADGP Varinder Kumar was heading the prisons department earlier but on May 31, he was posted as the chief director of the Vigilance Bureau, Punjab.