The control room was informed late last night that P P Pandey would hold the additional charge of state DGP till further announcement about the permanent DGP, said the official requesting anonymity.
Pandey is a DGP rank IPS officer and currently posted as the Director of state Anti Corruption Bureau.
He was re-inducted into service last year after he secured bail in the Ishrat Jahan case.
Ministry of Home Affairs through a circular has announced the appointment of Thakur, who was serving as state DGP since 2013, as the Director General of Civil Defence and Home Guards in Delhi.
PTI