Birinder Singh Sidhu assumed charge as Uttarakhand Director General of Police (DGP) on Monday. After taking charge, Sidhu said that sincere efforts would be made to further strengthen the law and order situation in the State. An IPS officer of 1979 batch, Sidhu succeeded Satyavrat, who retired on Monday.
Sidhu was the Director General (rules and manuals) before assuming charge as the eighth DGP of Uttarakhand. Earlier, he was awarded Prime Minister’s baton for the best all round trainee of the 1979 batch of IPS. He was awarded ‘Police Medal for gallantry by President of India in 1992.
In 1993, he was awarded Bar to Police medal for gallantry by the President of India. Sidhu said his first priority would be to control crime and facilitate a corruption free police in the State.
He said that he would try his best to establish better coordination between Police and the general public.
He said that the police lacked homicide squads to investigate murders and SWAT teams which will be set up in the State to improve policing.