Gandhinagar, June 6 -- Gyanender Singh Malik, currently serving as Commissioner of Police, Ahmedabad City, has been appointed as the Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG & IGP), Gujarat State, according to an official notification issued by the Gujarat Home Department.

As per the notification dated June 6, Malik has been appointed to the vacant cadre post of Director General and Inspector General of Police, Gujarat State, in the Apex Scale Level 17 in the Pay Matrix of Rs 2,25,000 (fixed), with immediate effect.

Malik, a 1993-batch IPS officer of the Gujarat cadre, was serving as the Commissioner of Police, Ahmedabad City, prior to his appointment to the top post in the state police force.

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupend...