Ashish Bhatia takes over reins of Gujarat police

Ahmedabad city police commissioner Ashish Bhatia has taken over as director general of police (DGP) of Gujarat. The 1985-batch IPS officer succeeded Shivanand Jha, who retired on Friday after a three-month extension. Bhatia, 58, will continue to hold the additional charge of Ahmedabad police commissioner until a new police commissioner is appointed for Ahmedabad in the next 48 hours, the government said.

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