Tribune News Service Ludhiana August 21 The new Police Commissioner of Ludhiana Naunihal Singh joined office today. Outgoing CP Rakesh Agrawal handed over charge to Naunihal Singh in the presence of senior police officials. Talking to The Tribune over phone after joining the office CP Naunihal said crime prevention and maintaining law and order would be his priority. “I will adopt zero tolerance for corruption. The police officials will have to discharge their duties honestly and justice for public will be the foremost task” he stated. Asked about his planned initiatives if any Naunihal Singh said he joined the office today only and he will understand the working of the commissionerate first. When Naunihal Singh reached the office for joining Joint Commissioner of Police J Elanchezhian Joint CP Deepak Pareek ADCP Ashwini Gotyal and ADCP Sameer Verma were present there to welcome him. After joining the new CP also held a brief meeting with the officers and discussed the law and order issues and crime pattern in the city. The CP reportedly told the officers to focus on crime prevention and detection. Meanwhile a farewell was organised for the outgoing CP Rakesh Agrawal at the Police Lines. Agrawal shared his working experience in Ludhiana. Naunihal is 1997 batch IPS officer. He has vast experience in policing. He served as SSP Khanna Mohali Jalandhar Bathinda Sangrur Chandigarh and Ludhiana Vigilance. He also served as the IG Patiala Amritsar Jalandhar State Cyber Crime and Law and Order. Before joining as the CP Ludhiana he was posted as IG Ludhiana range. Naunihal Singh also remained as SP City 1 and 2 in Ludhiana in 2002 and 2003. SSP Ludhiana (Rural) Assumes office The new SSP Ludhiana (Rural) Gurdial Singh took charge on Saturday. He had served as the DSP Sarabha Nagar AIG Intelligence SP Detective and Traffic in the past here.

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