The State government here on Wednesday appointed Principal Secretary (Home) Dr. Jitender as Director-General of Police (DGP) Full Additional Charge (FAC) of Telangana replacing incumbent DGP Ravi Gupta. The State government has also appointed Jitender, a 1992 batch officer, as DGP (Coordination).
It appointed Gupta, a 1990 batch officer, as Special Chief Secretary, Home in place of Jitender, according to Chief Secretary A Santhi Kumari. Gupta took charge as DGP in December 2023 after suspension of the then incumbent DGP Anjani Kumar by the Election Commission of India (ECI) for meeting Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president and Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy while election counting was on..
