PATNA: Apart from 28 IAS officers, the state government also transferred 35 IPS officers, including SPs of 13 districts, at midnight on Thursday.
SPs of Rohtas, Bhagalpur, Saran, Nawada, Nalanda, Saharsa, Kaimur, Gaya, Naugachhia, Gopalganj, Purnia, Sheikhpura and Sheohar were transferred. IG of Purnia and DIGs of Saran, Koshi and Munger police ranges were also transferred. Many of these officers joined duty on Friday.
Sobha Ohatker has been appointed as director general-cum-commandant of home guard and fire services while ADG (SCRB) Nirmal Kumar Azad has been made ADG (railway). Ravindra Shankaran, who was waiting for posting, has been appointed as ADG of anti-terrorist squad.
IG (modernisation) Amit Kumar Jain has been made ADG in Bihar Human Rights Commission. IG (headquarters) Nayyar Hasnain Khan has now been made ADG of economic offences unit (EOU). Khan will also handle additional charge of ADG (provisioning).
Special secretary (home) Sunil Kumar has been posted as ADG of special vigilance unit (SVU). IG (SCRB) Kamal Kishore Singh has been posted as ADG of SCRB and modernisation. IG (budget, appeal and welfare) Paras Nath has been posted as ADG of the same sections of the state police headquarters which he was handling earlier. IG (training) Anil Kishore Yadav has been made ADG (weaker section) in CID while IG (special branch) Bacchu Singh Meena, who was also handling additional charge of IG (security), has now been posted as ADG (security) in CID.
DIG (ATS) Vikas Vaibhav has been posted as special secretary (home). Purnia range IG Ratan Sanjay Katiyar has been appointed as IG (modernisation) in Patna. Koshi range DIG Suresh Prasad Chaudhary replaced Katiyar after promotion. Special branch SP Pranav Kumar Praveen was posted in place of Chaudhary.
Saran range DIG Vijay Kumar Verma has been given responsibility of IG (training). Munger range DIG Manu Maharaaj has replaced Verma. BMP-6 battalion commandant Mohammad Shafiul Haque has replaced Maharaaj. BMP-9 battalion commandant Ranjit Kumar Mishra has been made DIG (personnel) in police headquarters in Patna. Rohtas SP Satya Veer Singh has been transferred as BMP-9 commandant in Jamalpur.
SP (EOU) Natasha Guria has been made new Bhagalpur SSP, while Ashish Bharti was transferred as Rohtas SP. Saran SP Dhurat Saayli Savlaram has been posted in same capacity in Nawada in place of Hari Prasath S who was transferred to Nalanda. Present Nalanda SP Nilesh Kumar has been posted as SP of special task force in Patna.
Saharsa SP Rakesh Kumar has been posted in Kaimur on same position in place of Dilnawaz Ahmed, who has been posted as BMP-7 battalion commandant in Katihar. Assistant IG (railway) Aditya kumar has been made new Gaya SSP and Naugachhia SP Swapna G Meshram BMP-2 battalion commandant in Dehri-on-Sone. She would also handle additional charge of women’s battalion commandant. Bhagalpur City SP Sushant Kumar Saroj has replaced Meshram in Naugachhia.
Anand Kumar, BMP-7 battalion commandant in Katihar, has been made new Gopalganj SP replacing Manoj Kumar Tiwari, who has been posted as BMP-8 commandant in Begusarai. Purnia SP Vishal Sharma has been made BMP-6 battalion commandant in Muzaffarpur. Sharma has been replaced by Sheikhpura SP Daya Shankar. Special branch SP Kartikeya K Sharma has been posted in place of Shankar.
Sheohar SP Santosh Kumar has been posted in same capacity in Saran. He was replaced by Phulwarisharif SDPO Sanjay Bharti. Lipi Singh, who was waiting for posting after being removed from Munger, has been posted as Saharsa SP. ADC to governor Rakesh Kumar Dubey will now handle additional charge of SP (ATS) after being promoted to IPS cadre.