Maharashtra DGP Subodh Kumar Jaiswal is set to succeed Delhi Police commissioner Amulya Patnaik after the latter retires on January 31. The development comes after the home ministry had proposed Subodh Kumar's name in a communication to the Election Commission on January 4. According to sources, the home ministry drew attention to Patnaik’s impending retirement by January-end and sought the concurrence of the poll body to the appointment of Jaiswal, a 1985 batch IPS officer.
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