Punjab govt rejigs police administration; 30 IPS among 42 transferred

The Punjab government transferred 42 police officers on Saturday night, including 30 IPS officers with immediate effect.

            An official spokesman said DGP G D Pandey has been given

the charge of the DGP Punjab State Human Rights Commission

replacing another DGP-rank officer, Mohd Mustafa.

            Mustafa has been posted as the DGP-cum-Commandant General,

Punjab Home Guards and the Director, Civil Defense Punjab, the

spokesman said.

            Mustafa is husband of Punjab minister and Congress MLA

from Malerkotla, Razia Sultana.

            ADGP rank officer Jasminder Singh has been posted as the

DGP Railways while S Chattopadhyaya has been posted as the DGP

HRD.

            CSR Reddy has been posted as the ADGP Investigation and

Lokpal Punjab while V K Bhawra has been posted as the ADGP

Provisioning & Modernisation.

            IPS Sahota, who is holding the charge of the Director

Bureau of Investigations, has been posted as the ADGP IVC &

Human Rights while Prabodh Kumar has been posted as the

Director Bureau of Investigations.

            Sharad Chauhan has been posted as the ADGP Policy and

Rules while Rakesh Chandra has been posted as the ADGP SPU.

            Among IG rank officer, M S Chhina has been posted as the

IGP Bathinda Zone while Varinder Kumar has been posted as the

IG Intelligence.

            R K Jaiswal has been given the charge of the IGP Crime

while Praveen Kumar has been posted as the Commissioner of

Police Jalandhar.

            Arpit Shukla has been posted as the IGP Zone II Jalandhar

while L K Yadav has been posted as the IGP Training Armed

Battalions, Jalandhar.

            Naresh Kumar has been posted as the IGP Cyber Crime &

Intelligence while M F Farooqui has been posted as the IGP

Crime.

            Amar Singh Chahal has been posted as the IGP IRB Patiala

and Sukhchain Gill has been given the charge of the DIG IT &

T.

            Among SSPs, Swapan Sharma has been posted as the AIG

Counter Intelligence while Naveen Singla has been made the SSP

Bathinda. Inderbir Singh, who is the SSP of Sangrur, has been

posted as the AIG Personnel. Mandeep Singh, a PPS officer, has

been posted as the SSP Sangrur.

            Satinder Singh and Navjot Mahal have been made SSPs of SBS

Nagar and Khanna respectively, the spokesman said.