Gaurav Yadav | |
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Director General of Police Punjab | |
Assumed office 04 July 2022 | |
Preceded by | V.K. Bhawara |
Personal details | |
Born | Jaunpur,Uttar Pradesh |
Gaurav Yadav is an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of 1992 batch. He is current Director General of Police of Punjab. [1] [2]
Yadav has been the DGP of Punjab Police since July 2022 and has headed the Intelligence Wing of Punjab Police during 2016-17 and was Special Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann before becoming the head of the state police. [3]
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This is a list of notable people using Yadav surname.
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