Shimla, Oct. 28 -- IPS officer Sanjeev Kumar Gandhi, who is facing two FIRs related to alleged misappropriation of funds, was appointed Managing Director of the Himachal Pradesh General Industries Corporation Ltd. (HPGIC), Shimla, marking his seventh transfer since January this year.

Gandhi, a 2012-batch Indian Police Service officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre, was shifted from his previous posting as Managing Director of the Himachal Pradesh Backwards Classes Finance and Development Corporation in Kangra to head the HPGIC with immediate effect.

According to an official order issued by Chief Secretary Kamlesh Kumar Pant, the transfer was made on Tuesday in the public interest on the recommendations of the Civil Services Board.

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