CHANDIGARH, April 25: In a major reshuffle,18 IPS officers and 11 PPS (Punjab Police Service) officers have been transferred in Punjab with immediate effect.
The officers who were transferred include a Director General of Police (DGP), 13 Inspector General of Police (IGP) and three Senior Superintendents of Police (SSP).
DGP Hardeep Dhillon, who is currently holding the charge of Internal Vigilance Cell (IVC) and Human Rights, has been given the additional charge of Welfare, an official spokesman said on Monday.
IGP Gurpreet Kaur Deo, who is currently holding the charge of IGP Provisioning, has been given the additional charge of IGP Litigation. IGP Jitendra Jain has been given the charge of IGP Commando, Bahardurgarh in Patiala, while IGP Modernisation Satish Asthana has been given the additional charge of IGP Information Technology and Telecommunications (IT&T) Wing and state crime record bureau.
Shashi Prabha Dwivedi has been given the charge of IGP Crime, while R N Dhoke has been posted as Commissioner of Police, Ludhiana. IPS officer Gautam Cheema has been posted as IGP Law and Order-II, while G Nageshwar has been given the charge of Director Vigilance Punjab and L K Yadav has been posted as IGP Crime.
Naunihal Singh has been given the charge of IGP Welfare, while R K Jaiswal has been posted as IGP Special Task Force. IPS officer Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh has been shifted from Ludhiana Commissioner of Police to IGP ATS, the spokesman said.
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