Bhopal, March 24 (IANS). The Madhya Pradesh government on Sunday transferred 15 senior officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IPS). These include officials of the Administrative and Training Department.
The government has appointed Yogesh Deshmukh, a 1995 batch IPS officer, as the new Director General of Special Police Establishment (SPE) Lokayukta of Madhya Pradesh Police.
He has replaced the 1995 batch IPS Jaideep Prasad, who has now been appointed Additional Director General (ADG) of the State Crime Records Bureau (SCRB).
The 1992 batch IPS Adarsh Katiyar, who was employed as Special Director General of Police (Telecom) State Police Headquarters, has been appointed as Special Director General (Administration).
Additional Director General (ADG) Training Sonali Mishra has been appointed as ADG (Selection and Recruitment) of the State Police.
Sonali Mishra, a 1992 batch IPS officer, was working as ADG (Training) and was an additional in -charge of Madhya Pradesh Police Academy (Bhanri).
The list of transfer of IPS officers was released by the Home Department of Madhya Pradesh Government.
It states that Rakesh Singh, a 2010 batch IPS officer, will now be the new DIG of Rewa Range, who will replace Saket Prakash Pandey, a 2009 batch IPS officer.
The reshuffle has been done a few days after the violence in Mauganj district under Rewa Division, in which an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) and a citizen were killed by a mob on 15 March. Six other police officers were injured due to stone pelting during the incident.
This is the first major reshuffle of senior IPS officers in Madhya Pradesh after August 2024, when 26 IPS officers were transferred.
-IANS
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