Chandigarh, Dec. 24 -- Before it could schedule the meeting of the empanelment committee to select a panel of three IPS officers for appointment as the new Haryana director general of police (DGP), the union public service commission (UPSC) has sought the status of the first information report (FIR) registered by Chandigarh Police in which former DGP Shatrujeet Kapur is named. The UPSC prepares a panel of three IPS officers and sends it to the state government for selecting the DGP.

The officiating DGP, OP Singh, retires on December 31, and Kapur, who was appointed as DGP in 2023, was divested of the charge of head of the police force (HoPF) on December 14.

The Chandigarh FIR was registered for abetment to suicide and under provisions o...