Ahead of assembly elections, 57 IPS officers reshuffled in state

AS MANY AS 12 OFFICERS OF THE RANK OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE (IGP) WERE ALSO TRANSFERRED WHILE SOME WERE GIVEN PROMOTIONS

a major reshuffle, the Gujarat home department has transferred 57 IPS officers and four state police service officers, among whom some have been given promotions.

The department on Saturday issued a notification announcing the transfers and promotions in the state, where the assembly elections are due later this year.

Director general of police (armed units), Gandhinagar, Pramod Kumar, was transferred on the vacant post of director general, civil defence and commandant general (home guards), Ahmedabad. He will continue to hold the additional charge of DGP (armed units).

Additional DGP (P&M) Vinod Mall was transferred as ADGP (police reforms), while ADGP (state crime record bureau), Sanjay Srivastava was transferred as ADGP (technical devices) at Gandhinagar.

VM Pargi, who was ADGP (police reforms), was given the full-time charge as ADGP (inquiries), of which he was holding the additional charge at Gandhinagar. Shamsher Singh, who was ADGP (Surat range), was transferred to Pargi’s place as ADGP (police reforms).

As many as 12 officers of the rank of inspector general of police (IGP) were also transferred.

IGP (Ahmedabad) Niraj Gotru Rao was transferred as joint commissioner of police (traffic) in Ahmedabad, while IGP (CID crime) SS Trivedi was transferred as IGP (coastal security), Ahmedabad. Among others, IGP (Kutch-Bhuj) AK Jadeja was transferred as IGP Ahmedabad.