Jammu & Kashmir

JK Admin assigns additional charge of DG Prisons to Deepak Kumar

Central Jail Srinagar. [FPK File Photo/Vikar Syed]

Srinagar: Administration on Tuesday assigned Deepak Kumar (IPS) additional charge of the post of Director General of Police, Prisons, J&K, in addition to his own duties till further orders.

In the interest of administration, It is hereby ordered that Deepak Kumar, IPS (RR:1993), Director General Prosecution, J&K, and holding the additional charge of the posts of Managing Director Police Housing Corporation and Director Prosecution Kashmir shall also hold the additional charge of the post of Director General of Police, Prsions, J&K, in addition to his own duties, till further orders,” reads an official order.

The order comes a week after Director General of Prisons Hemant Lohia was found murdered under suspicious circumstances in Jammu. Police have ruled out a militancy angle in the murder and arrested his domestic help as the prime accused in the case.

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