Shimla, June 2 -- Ashok Tewari, a senior IPS officer, on Monday assumed additional charge as the Director General of Police, Himachal Pradesh, and emphasized that aligning the functioning of the state police with vision of the Chief Minister will be the top priority.

Tewari assumed additional charge as DGP at the Police Headquarters in Shimla, a release said.

The DGP emphasised that aligning the functioning of Himachal Pradesh Police with the vision and directives of the Chief Minister will be the top priority.

The release also mentioned the directives by Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.

"To intensify the campaign to make Himachal Pradesh a drug-free state, to uphold and strengthen the image of the Himachal Pradesh Police a...