[Chd,Pb] Punjab’s Top Cop ‘Mustafa’ Resents Against Junior Cop Dinkar in DGP Post
His wife Razia Sultana is a minister in Amarinder Singh cabinet.
IPS officer Mohmmad Mustafa Friday asked the Punjab government to relieve him as the chief of the anti-drug Special Task Force as he is “senior” to newly appointed police chief Dinkar Gupta.
Mustafa, a 1985-batch officer, said he has requested the Chief Minister’s office to give me the charge of the state Human Rights Commission.
Notably, the Director General of Police (STF) reports to the DGP Punjab.
Mustafa will approach the Supreme Court for being “ignored” in the panel while alleging that there was a conspiracy to keep his name out.
UPSC meeting was held in Delhi to discuss the panels sent by the state government on February 4, Punjab state was represented by Punjab Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh and DGP Suresh Arora.
On Thursday, Gupta was appointed as the Director General of the Punjab Police.after superseding five officers who are
Smant Goel (who is on central deputation),
DGP (STF) Mohd Mustafa,
DGP (Law & Order) Hardeep Dhillon,
DGP (Internal Vigilance Cell) Jasminder Singh and
DGP (PSPCL) S Chattopadhayaya.
Dhillon and Jasminder are going to retire this year.
Gupta was chosen as the new DGP from the panel of three officers sent by the Union Public Service Commission.
The other two officers were DGP (Admin) M K Tiwari and DGP (Provisioning) V K Bhawra.