New Delhi, Oct 21: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday selected Ajay Kumar Singh as Director General of Police, Jharkhand from the selected panel of three IPS officers sent by the State Government.
The selected list was sent after the ECI directed the immediate removal of acting DGP Anurag Gupta.
It may be recalled that subsequent to the directives by ECI on October 19, Anurag Gupta was removed from the post of acting DGP, due to his history of poll-related misconduct in previous elections.
Meanwhile, the ECI announced the assembly polls for Jharkhand and Maharashtra last week.
Elections are being held on 81 seats of Jharkhand Assembly in two phases on November 13 and November 20. The counting of the votes will be done on November 23.