<span style="color: #222222;">A 1987 batch IPS officer Dinkar Gupta was today appointed Director General of Punjab Police. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He succeeds Suresh Arora, who had been on an extension after his retirement on September 30 last year. His appointment was cleared by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh this morning.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In his previous stint, Gupta was posted as Director General of Police, Intelligence, Punjab, which involved the direct supervision of Punjab State Intelligence Wing, State Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and Organized Crime Control Unit (OCCU).</span><br />''