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IPS officer Gurpreet Singh Bhullar removed as Amritsar Police Commissioner

IPS officer Gurpreet Singh Bhullar removed as Amritsar Police Commissioner
From every regime’s blue-eyed boy to sudden exit: Who is Punjab IPS officer G S Bhullar? · indianexpress.com

In the Indian state of Punjab, there is a police department that keeps people safe.

A very senior police officer named Gurpreet Singh Bhullar was in charge of police in the big city of Amritsar.

Recently, his bosses took away his job as the city's top police officer.

This made a political group called the BJP very unhappy.

The BJP said Bhullar was an honest officer who had exposed the truth about dangerous plans and Pakistani links.

Bhullar had reportedly said that Pakistan's spy agency, the ISI, was linked to a student protest in New Delhi.

The BJP thinks removing him from office was a panicked way to protect whoever was involved in those plans.

The article does not say why the Mann government removed him.

Now many people are asking serious questions about why the officer lost his job.

Key facts

Officer
Gurpreet Singh Bhullar
Role at time of removal
Commissioner of Police, Amritsar
Service
1991-batch Punjab Police Services (PPS) officer; promoted to IPS in 2004
First posting
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Patiala
Alleged statement
Linked ISI with the students' protest at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi
BJP's response
Called him an 'honest officer' and questioned the Mann government's motives
Government criticised
Mann government of Punjab

Sources

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