Chandigarh, Dec. 2 -- Initiating the process to appoint the next Director General of Police (DGP), the Nayab Singh Saini government in Haryana has decided to send a proposal to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to prepare a panel of three IPS officers. Chief minister Saini has approved the proposal and the state government is now seeking integrity certificates and willingness of the IPS officers in the zone of consideration.

The move is significant as it unmistakably suggests that 1990 batch IPS officer, Shatrujeet Kapur, who was holding the charge of state DGP till October 14 morning but was asked to proceed on leave amid growing clamour for his ouster in wake of suicide by fellow IPS officer Y Puran Kumar is unlikely to join b...