Overview
- The state home department issued the appointment order with immediate effect, signed by additional chief secretary (home) Dr Sumita Misra.
- Singhal is a 1992-batch IPS officer of the Haryana cadre and is due to retire in October 2028.
- The vacancy arose after officiating DGP OP Singh retired from service earlier in the day.
- Officials said the government selected Singhal from a three-officer panel prepared by the Union Public Service Commission on December 31.
- Priorities cited by officials include stronger district policing, pressure on organised gangs and narcotics supply chains, and expanded cyber and forensic responses building on recent reforms.