Kolkata, June 8 (IANS). There was a major reshuffle in the West Bengal Police administration on Monday, in which the government issued notification of transfer of 179 IPS officers.
The transfers include around 12 superintendents of police (SP), including the SP of Diamond Harbor in South 24 Parganas district. Diamond Harbor Lok Sabha constituency is represented by Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee.
The Suvendu Adhikari government made its first major reshuffle at the administrative level after coming to power in the state.
Surya Pratap Yadav was removed from the post of Superintendent of Police of Birbhum district. He is being given the charge of Joint CP (Administration) of Kolkata Police.
Jalpaiguri SP Amarnath K. Has been promoted to become DIG of Intelligence Bureau of North Bengal.
Purulia SP Vaibhav Tiwari has now been appointed Joint CP (Armed Police) of Kolkata Police. Barasat Police District Superintendent Pushpa has been sent to East Burdwan. Bankura SP Soumaditya Bhattacharya has been given the charge of Malda Special Task Force (STF).
South Dinajpur Superintendent of Police Chinmay Mittal has also been transferred. Hooghly Rural SP Kumar Sunny Raj has been given the charge of Purulia. Baruipur Police District Superintendent Shuvendra Kumar has been given the charge of the Wireless Branch of Kolkata Police.
Diamond Harbor Police District SP Ishani Pal has taken over as DCP of South-West Zone of Kolkata Police. Bengal STF Superintendent Parijat Biswas has been sent to the enforcement branch. East Burdwan SP Sayak Das has also been transferred.
Bengal STF DIG Sudhir Kumar Neelakantham has been given the charge of Inspector General (IG) of Counter Insurgency Force (CIF) of West Bengal Police. Subhankar Bhattacharya, Joint CP, Armed Police, Kolkata Police, has been given the charge of Traffic DIG.
–IANS
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