Haryana govt starts process of picking next DGP

Haryana DGP PK Agrawal (IPS:1988) will retire in August. The state government has prepared a panel of four IPS officers to be sent to UPSC. According to highly placed sources, the officers who found a place include Muhammad Akil, RC Mishra, Desh Raj Singh and Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor. Currently, Muhammad Akil is serving as the Director General of Prisons, R C Mishra is in charge of the Haryana Police Housing Corporation, Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor is in charge of the Haryana Anti-Corruption Bureau; and Desh Raj Singh is in charge of the Home Guards and Civil Defence Department. According to sources, Kapoor and Akil are the front runners.