Naparajit Mukherjee to be next WB police chief

Kolkata, August 30: Naparajit Mukherjee will take charge as the new Director-General of West Bengal police from Bhupinder Singh, who retires tomorrow.

Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today signed the letter of appointment of Mukherjee as the next DGP, said officials.

Mukherjee, a 1976-batch IPS officer, was the Director-General of the Intelligence Branch.

Singh, who served as DGP for 14 months, retires after 36 years of service.

–Agencies