Kolkata, March 17 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday ordered the transfer of 19 senior police officers in West Bengal, in the lead-up to the two-phase state assembly elections next month.
The 19 officers who were transferred included two Additional Director Generals (ADGs), four Commissioners of Police, 12 Superintendents of Police (SPs), and a Deputy Commissioner of the Kolkata Police.
According to the transfer orders, Dr. Rajesh Kumar Singh will be the new ADG for South Bengal, while K. Jayaraman will be the ADG for North Bengal.
Dr. Pranab Kumar has been appointed as the new Commissioner of the Asansol-Durgapur in West Burdwan district, while Akhilesh Kumar Chaturvedi has been made the Commissioner of the Howrah Police Commissariat in Hooghly district.
Amit Kumar Singh has been appointed as the new Commissioner of the Barrackpore Police Commissariat in the North 24 Parganas district, while Sunil Kumar Yadav has been made the Commissioner of Chandannagar in Hooghly district.
Pushpa has been appointed as the new SP of the Barasat Police District, while Jaspreet Singh has been appointed as the new SP of the Cooch Behar district.
Surya Pratap Yadav is the new SP of Birbhum, while Rakesh Singh, of the West Bengal Police Service, is the new SP of the Islampur Police District.
Kumar Sunny Raj (2017 batch IPS) is the new SP of Hooghly (Rural), while Ishani Pal (2013 batch IPS) has been made the new SP of the Diamond Harbour Police District.
Sachin (2013 batch IPS) is the new SP of the Murshidabad Police District, and Alaknanda Bhowal (2017 batch IPS) has been made the new SP of the Basirhat Police District.
Anupam Singh is the new SP of Malda, while Anshuman Saha has been appointed as the new SP of the East Midnapore district.
Surinder Singh has been appointed as the new SP of the Jangipur Police District, while Papiya Sultana, of the West Bengal Police Service, has been appointed as the new SP of the West Midnapore district.
Yeilwad Shrikant Jagannathrao has been appointed as the new Deputy Commissioner, Central, of the Kolkata Police.
The ECI on Monday removed the acting Director General of Police, Peeyush Pandey, Kolkata Police Commissioner Supratim Sarkar, and the Director General, Law & Order, Vineet Goyal.
While Siddh Nath Gupta replaced Pandey, Ajay Kumar Nand took the place of Sarkar. Ajay Mukund Ranade succeeded Goyal.
