IPS-officer Anand Prakash Maheshwari took over as the new director general of the CRPF, the world's largest paramilitary-force. The 1984-batch IPS officer of UP cadre was appointed the new CRPF chief on January-13 after its earlier DG R R Bhatnagar retired on December-31. Maheshwari took over the charge from ITBP-Director-General S S Deswal who was given the additional charge to head the CRPF.