The Gujarat home department has appointed IPS Piyush Patel, who recently returned from central deputation, as the Director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), a post that had been vacant for a long time. 

The cadre post of Director Anti-Corruption Bureau, Ahmedabad was downgraded in Director General of Police grade to ex-cadre post of Director, ACB, Ahmedabad in Additional Director General of Police grade.

The position was left unoccupied after IPS Shamsher Singh was deputed to the central government, while Patel was awaiting a posting. 

According to sources, discussions were brewing about Patel being appointed to the Intelligence Bureau, but he has now been placed in the ACB.  

The home department issued an official notification on Wednesday stating that IPS Piyush Purushottamdas Patel, from the 1998 batch, has been appointed as the Director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, Ahmedabad. 

This appointment has been made under the orders of the Governor, and Patel has been instructed to take charge of his new position immediately. Patel has served in various important roles, including in the BSF since 2023, and his appointment will fill the long-vacant director post at the ACB.

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