India, Dec. 31 -- The Haryana government on Tuesday appointed senior IPS officer Ajay Singhal as the new Director General of Police (DGP), succeeding OP Singh, who retired on superannuation the same day, according to an official order issued by the state home department.

The appointment followed the empanelment of three senior IPS officers by the Union Public Service Commission. The panel included Ajay Singhal, Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor of the 1990 batch and Alok Mittal of the 1993 batch. After considering the panel, the governor of Haryana approved Singhal's appointment as head of the state police force.

As per the order, Singhal, a 1992-batch IPS officer of the Haryana cadre, has been appointed for a minimum tenure of two years from the...