The state government appointed Raju Bhargava as the new commissioner of Rajkot city police on Tuesday, about two months after Manoj Agarwal was transferred amid corruption allegations.
An IPS officer of the 1995 batch, Bhargava is currently an officer of the ADGP rank. He was serving as the Additional Director General of Police (Armed Units) of Gujarat in Gandhinagar prior to the new appointment.
Bhargava is a native of Rajasthan and holds postgraduate degrees in economics and business administration.
His appointment comes in the wake of Agarwal’s transfer on February 28 this year after more than three years long tenure.
Agarwal, who is also an ADGP rank officer, was transferred to Junagadh as the principal of the police training centre amid an investigation into him after two businessmen brothers accused Rajkot city police officers of corruption. The former Crime Branch police inspector and seven sub-inspectors were also transferred.