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Indian police chief

Sumedh Singh Saini is an Indian police officer, and the former Director general of police (DGP) of Punjab Police.

Career

Sumedh Saini joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1982 and progressed to serve six districts as Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) ^[1] before succeeding Anil Kaushik as the Director-General of Police (DGP) for the Indian State of Punjab on 15 March 2012.

He is heading the State Police out of the seven Directors General in the State. The appointment made him the youngest DGP in India.^[2]

Appointed very soon after a new government had been formed, involving the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Saini was tasked with reducing crime and inhibiting the activities of people involved in the drug trade.

Although supported by the Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal, the BJP claimed that the decision to appoint was a unilateral one and that they were not consulted.^[