Srinagar : The State Administration Council (SAC) on Wednesday appointed Dilbagh Singh as the Director General of Police of Jammu and Kashmir.
The decision was on Wednesday taken during SAC—the State’s top decision-making body headed by Governor Satya Pal Malik—meeting in winter capital Jammu where Singh’s full-time appointment was finalized. One among the panel of three IPS officers of 1987 batch Dilbagh Singh was formally appointed as Director General Jammu and Kashmir Police. The other two officers put in the panel were S M Sahai and V K Singh but SAC put its stamp of approval on the appointment of Dilbagh Singh as full time Director General Jammu and Kashmir Police.The governor’s administration had on September 6 appointed senior IPS officer Dilbag Singh as interim director general of police.