Y H Ramesh appointed as Pakur SP

July 03, 2013 16:47

YH Ramesh was today appointed as the new police chief of Jharkhand's Pakur district, a day after his predecessor Amarjit Balihar was killed in an ambush by Maoists.

A 2010 batch IPS officer, Ramesh would take charge today, official sources here. Hitherto posted as Tandua sub-divisional police officer in Maoist-hit Chatra district, Ramesh said his priority would be to bring the culprits to justice. Balihar was killed along with five others in the attack in Dumka district yesterday.

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