Chandigarh, Jan. 15 -- The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) of the Central government on Wednesday appointed former Haryana director general of police (DGP) and 1990 batch IPS officer, Shatrujeet Kapur as director general of Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).

Kapur who was appointed as Haryana DGP on August 16, 2023 was asked to proceed on leave by the state government on October 14, 2025 amid mounting pressure for initiating action against him in wake of suicide by fellow IPS officer Y Puran Kumar.

Subsequently, when Nayab Singh Saini government initiated the process of appointing a new DGP by sending a proposal containing the record of five IPS officers to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), Kapur was transferred ou...