Chandigarh, May 20 -- The Haryana government has appointed 2006 batch IPS officer Om Parkash Narwal to the key post of inspector general (IG), South Range, despite his name figuring adversely in a special enquiry team (SET) probe pertaining to an alleged extortion racket.

The South Range IGP is a senior supervisory officer responsible for overseeing crime control and law and order administration across four districts -Rewari, Mahendragarh, Nuh and Palwal. The IG supervises about 4,000 police personnel across these districts, each headed by an IPS officer serving as superintendents of police (SP). In August 2024, before the assembly elections, Narwal was posted as commissioner of police, Faridabad, before being shifted out on November 20,...