Senior IPS officer Vinay Kumar, whose tenure as Director General of Police of Bihar was to end in December with his superannuation, has taken voluntary retirement and is tipped to take over as the state’s new Chief Information Commissioner.
Vinay Kumar, a 1991-batch IPS officer who recently went on leave for health reasons, applied for VRS on September 25, which the government has accepted “with immediate effect”.
Kumar, a 1991-batch IPS officer who recently went on leave for health reasons, applied for VRS on September 25, which the government has accepted “with immediate effect”, according to a notification issued by the state Home Department late Saturday night. The notification said that Kumar was granted VRS by “relaxing the rules that require a three-month notice on the part of the applicant”. Kumar has been appointed the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) “from the date of assuming charge”, according to another notification issued by the General Administration Department. Kumar is likely to take up the new assignment after getting treated for his medical problems, according to official sources. Preeta Verma, a 1991-batch IPS officer who took over as the Acting DGP after Kumar went on leave earlier this month, is likely to “continue till further orders”. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
