Bibhav is out on bail in the Swati Maliwal assault case.The development came as two more close aides of Mann — Director, Media Relations (Overseas), Baltej Pannu and Director, Social Media, Manpreet Kaur were shown the door. A former journalist, Pannu was hired by the Punjab State Media Society and he had joined the CMO in July 2022. As for Kaur, she had joined just one-and-a-half months ago.Two other aides of Mann — Director, Communications, Navneet Wadhwa and Onkar Singh, Officer on Special Duty to the CM — had put in their papers earlier. In all, the axe has fallen on four of Mann’s trusted soldiers.In a related development, the state government on Wednesday appointed K A P Sinha as the new Chief Secretary. A 1992 batch IAS officer, he replaced Anurag Verma. Last week, Verma was called to Delhi for a meeting with the AAP top brass. Sinha is the fourth chief secretary of the state ever since the AAP wrested power in Punjab two-and-a-half years ago.
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