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From police commissioners and range heads to superintendents of police, virtually no tier has been left untouched in this reshuffle. (File Photo)
In the single-largest administrative realignment since the recent change of guard in West Bengal, the state government Monday transferred and promoted 179 senior police officers.
From police commissioners and range heads to superintendents of police, virtually no tier has been left untouched in this reshuffle.
Significantly, the reshuffle also marks a ‘major homecoming’ for several top police officers who had been transferred to other states, or kept on the sidelines by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in the run-up to the Assembly elections. The pre-poll rejig by the poll body in March had affected around 480 police officers.
Regions like Birbhum and Diamond Harbour, apart from some border areas, have received new police chiefs. Alongside lateral transfers, a substantial number of officers have been granted long-awaited promotions.
Deputy Inspector General (CID) Ajay Kumar Thakur has been promoted to Inspector General of Police (CID). Meanwhile, Indra Chakravorty has been posted as DIG (CID). The officer was previously the Special Superintendent of Police (CID).
IGP (Bankura Range) Rajesh Kumar Yadav has been posted as IGP (Special Task Force). IPS officer Rupesh Kumar has been promoted to DIG (STF) from the post of Joint Commissioner (Kolkata Traffic Police). DIG (Railways) S Selvamurugan has been posted as DIG (West Bengal Traffic Police).
Murlidhar Sharma has been appointed as IGP West Bengal (Intelligence Branch). He was previously awaiting posting.
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Arijit Sinha, who was previously DIG (Midnapore Range), has been posted as DIG (Traffic). Alok Rajoria has been promoted as IGP (Legal). Joint CP (Crime) Soma Das Mitra has been promoted to IGP (Policy). Subhankar Bhattacharya, who was Joint CP (Administrative and Personnel), has been shifted to DIG (Traffic). Meanwhile, Kunal Aggarwal, who was DIG (West Bengal National Volunteer Force), will take charge as Additional CP (Crime), Kolkata Police.
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