Itanagar, Aug. 20 -- Former Judge of Gauhati High Court, Justice (Retd) Prasanta Kumar Deka today sworn-in as the new Chairperson of the Arunachal Pradesh Lokayukta.

Retired IAS officer from the State, Sang Phuntsok, also took oath as a Member of the anti-corruption ombudsman body.

Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt General (Retd) KT Parnaik administered the oath of office to the newly-appointed Chairperson and member in a brief ceremony held at the Vivekananda Hall of Raj Bhavan here.

Chief Minister Pema Khandu, Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein, Cabinet Ministers, senior officials, including Chief Secretary Manish Kumar Gupta, and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.

Following his swearing-in, Justice Deka called on Governor Pa...