Chandigarh, Aug. 1 -- Two DGP-rank officers Varinder Kumar and B Chandrashekhar, both considered hard taskmasters in police circles, superannuated from service on Thursday.

Kumar, a 1993-batch IPS officer, served as head of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau and also held the charge of intelligence chief in this Aam Aadmi Party-led Punjab government, but was abruptly removed as vigilance chief last year.

Though considered close to chief minister Bhagwant Mann, he was posted as DGP, Human Rights Commission, a low-key posting.

Chandrashekhar, 1994-batch IPS, who was posted as special DGP, Human Rights, also served as director, Bureau of Investigation (BOI), during the previous Congress government, besides serving on various other impor...