Raipur, July 10 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government has announced a comprehensive transfer order for several Indian Police Service (IPS) officers, affecting key positions at the state police headquarters, ranges, armed battalions, and district levels. Senior officer Ajay Kumar Yadav (2004 batch) has been moved from Director of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose State Police Academy, Chandkhuri, Raipur, to Inspector General of Police, Rajnandgaon range.Balaji Rao Somawar (2007 batch), previously IG Rajna…
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Bhopal, July 3 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government has issued a significant order transferring and reshuffling several senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers across the state. The changes, aimed at strengthening police administration and zone-level leadership, were notified by the Home Department late on Friday.According to the official order issued late on Friday evening, nine officers have been given new postings on a temporary basis until further orders. The reshuffle mainly affects Ins…
Ahmedabad, July 1 (IANS) The Gujarat government on Wednesday appointed senior IPS officer Anupam Singh Gahlaut as the new Ahmedabad City Police Commissioner, transferring him from his present post as Surat City Police Commissioner.According to a notification issued by the Home Department, Gahlaut, a 1997-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Gujarat cadre, has been appointed to the vacant cadre post of Commissioner of Police, Ahmedabad City.The post has been downgraded from an ex-cadr…
Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Wednesday ordered a major reshuffle in the state’s police department, with as many as 15 senior officers, including Indian Police Service (IPS) and WBPS officers, being transferred.Some officers have received promotions, others have undergone routine transfers, and in the case of a select few officers, their transfer notifications were revoked, and they were assigned new duties.As per the notification issued from the state secretariat of Nab…
Guwahati, June 27 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached immovable properties worth around Rs 53.28 crore in connection with a money laundering case against retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Prasanta Kumar Dutta, his family members and group companies, officials said on Saturday. According to the ED, the Guwahati Zonal Office issued a Provisional Attachment Order under Section 5(1) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, covering multiple hot…
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Mahesh Dixit was appointed as the new Intelligence Bureau (IB) Director on Thursday, taking over charge from the country’s internal security and counter-intelligence agency’s incumbent Chief Tapan Kumar Deka.The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cleared appointment of Mahesh Dixit, a 1993-batch IPS officer from the Andhra Pradesh cadre, who has been appointed for a tenure of two yea…
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) In a key administrative move, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has cleared a nine-month extension in service for Alok Sharma, Director of the Special Protection Group (SPG). Sharma, a 1991-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from the Uttar Pradesh cadre, was appointed to the post on 17 November 2023 and was due to retire this month.According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Wednesday, Sharma will now continue …
Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday questioned two suspended Indian Police Service (IPS) officers in connection with the R.G. Kar rape and murder case, and also issued a notice to the suspended former Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal for questioning. The two suspended IPS officers questioned by the CBI on Friday afternoon were the erstwhile deputy commissioners (North Division), Abhishek Gupta, and (Central Division), Indira Mukherjee.CBI off…
Amaravati, June 19 (IANS) The family members of Gade Sai Krishna, who disappeared more than a month ago and alleged to have been killed in police custody, met the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu here on Friday, government officials said. The youth’s mother Vijaya Lakshmi appealed to the Chief Minister to conduct an investigation into her son’s disappearance and ensure justice.Chief Minister Naidu consoled her and assured that an impartial inquiry would be conducted into the in…
Gandhinagar, June 7 (IANS) Eight senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers will spend two days visiting and staying overnight in 16 villages along Gujarat’s border with Pakistan next week as part of a state-led exercise to assess security preparedness and engage directly with residents of frontier areas. The visits, scheduled for June 11 and 12, will cover villages in the Vav-Tharad border region as well as parts of Patan and Kutch districts.The officers will stay in local homes during the pro…