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R R Bhatnagar takes charge as new CRPF DG
The government had issued orders for appointing Bhatnagar, a 1983-batch IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, as the new full-time DG of the force on April 26.
New Delhi: Senior IPS officer R R Bhatnagar on Friday took charge as the new Director General (DG) of the CRPF, days after the force lost 25 of its men in a deadly Naxal ambush in Chhattisgarh.
Bhatnagar, 57, reached the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) headquarters at Lodhi road here and took charge after he was accorded the ceremonial guard of honour.
The government had issued orders for appointing Bhatnagar, a 1983-batch IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, as the new full-time DG of the force on April 26.
The post had been lying vacant for close to two months after incumbent DG K Durga Prasad retired on February 28.
Acting DG Sudeep Lakhtakia today handed over the baton to Bhatnagar, who came back to India last night after attending a conference in Jakarta.
Bhatnagar was till now serving as the DG of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). (PTI)