The Madhya Pradesh government has made significant changes in the state’s police administration by transferring and reshuffling several senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers. Aimed at enhancing police leadership at the zone level, the Home Department issued orders for these changes late on Friday. Nine officers have been temporarily reassigned until further notice, impacting mainly Inspector General (IG) and Superintendent of Police (SP)-level officers.
Senior IPS officer Harinarayan Chari Mishra (2003 batch) has been moved from Inspector General (SCRV) at Police Headquarters in Bhopal to Inspector General (Administration) at the same headquarters. Meanwhile, Ruchivardhan Mishra (2006 batch), who held the post of IG (Administration), has been appointed as Inspector General of Bhopal (Rural) Zone.
Chandrashekhar Solanki (2006 batch) is now the Inspector General of Narmadapuram Zone in Narmadapuram, and Shri Mithilesh Shukla (2006 batch) has taken over as Inspector General of Sagar Zone in Sagar. At the Deputy Inspector General level, Simala Prasad (2011 batch) has been moved from DIG, Police Headquarters in Bhopal, to DIG, Khargone Range in Khargone.
Among the Superintendent of Police changes, Yashpal Singh Rajput (2012 batch) has been transferred from SP, Shajapur, to SP (Rail), Indore. Ramji Shrivastava (2013 batch) has been reassigned from SP, Shahdol, to Assistant Superintendent of Police at the Madhya Pradesh Police Academy in Bhauri, Bhopal. Additionally, Sanjay Kumar Agrawal (2016 batch) will now serve as SP, Shahdol, in a swap move.
Priyanka Shukla (2019 batch) has been appointed as Superintendent of Police, Shajapur, taking on district-level responsibilities. Moreover, senior officer Adarsh Katiyar (1992 batch), Special Director General of Police (Administration), has been assigned the additional charge of Special DG (Telecom) at Police Headquarters.
Anurag (2003 batch), IG, Indore (Rural) Zone, has been given additional responsibilities as IG, Armed Police Force, Indore Range, and IG, RAPTC, Indore. Consequently, Arvind Tiwari (2012 batch) has been relieved of his additional charge as SP (Rail), Indore.
