<p class="title">Gurbir S Grewal, a prominent Indian-American lawyer has become the first Sikh attorney general of the US state of New Jersey after the state Senate approved his nomination unanimously.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I never imagined that my life's journey could bring me here today," Grewal, 44, said during his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I'm extremely humbled, and I'm looking forward to getting started," he said. "My first order of business is to introduce myself and get up to speed."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Grewal, became the nation's first Sikh state attorney general after the Senate approved his nomination with a vote of 29-0. He was later sworn into office at a private ceremony, 'NJ.com' reported.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Grewal, a registered Democrat, was made Bergen County's top law enforcement official by Governor Chris Christie in 2016.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Before that, he worked as chief of the economic crimes unit at the US Attorney's Office under former federal prosecutor Paul Fishman, the report said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Grewal told lawmakers he would continue the Attorney General's Office's efforts to stem the opioid crisis and improve relationships between police and the communities they serve.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said he would direct the Division of Criminal Justice, the office's prosecuting arm, to work with prosecutors in the state's 21 counties to coordinate response to the heroin epidemic.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He has run the 265-employee Prosecutor's Office since January 2016, working to combat opioid abuse with strategies such as pairing recently hospitalised or arrested suspects with addiction counselors.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also focused on improving relationships between police and the community.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Grewal was nominated in December to serve as the next attorney general of the US state of New Jersey. He was named by New Jersey Governor-elect Phil Murphy.</p>
<p class="title">Gurbir S Grewal, a prominent Indian-American lawyer has become the first Sikh attorney general of the US state of New Jersey after the state Senate approved his nomination unanimously.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I never imagined that my life's journey could bring me here today," Grewal, 44, said during his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I'm extremely humbled, and I'm looking forward to getting started," he said. "My first order of business is to introduce myself and get up to speed."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Grewal, became the nation's first Sikh state attorney general after the Senate approved his nomination with a vote of 29-0. He was later sworn into office at a private ceremony, 'NJ.com' reported.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Grewal, a registered Democrat, was made Bergen County's top law enforcement official by Governor Chris Christie in 2016.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Before that, he worked as chief of the economic crimes unit at the US Attorney's Office under former federal prosecutor Paul Fishman, the report said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Grewal told lawmakers he would continue the Attorney General's Office's efforts to stem the opioid crisis and improve relationships between police and the communities they serve.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said he would direct the Division of Criminal Justice, the office's prosecuting arm, to work with prosecutors in the state's 21 counties to coordinate response to the heroin epidemic.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He has run the 265-employee Prosecutor's Office since January 2016, working to combat opioid abuse with strategies such as pairing recently hospitalised or arrested suspects with addiction counselors.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also focused on improving relationships between police and the community.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Grewal was nominated in December to serve as the next attorney general of the US state of New Jersey. He was named by New Jersey Governor-elect Phil Murphy.</p>