In a major reshuffle, the State Government on Friday issued fresh transfer and posting orders for 24 IPS officers including one Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), five Inspector General of Police (IGP) and few district Superintendents of Police, with immediate effect. Four state police services officers also have been handed over new responsibilities.
As per the order, ADGP, Rajesh Kumar Mishra who was also IG Bilaspur has been shifted to ADGP administration police headquarters, Raipur. Similarly, Pawan Dev IGP/Director Public Prosecution has been moved as IGP Bilaspur. IGP law and Order, Police headquarters (PHQ), Raipur Rajkumar Dewangan will now take charge as IGP Home Guards and Civil Security, PHQ, Raipur.
Further, Arun Dev Gautam IGP Bastar has been shifted as IGP, Training, Recruitment, Rail and Traffic, PHQ, Raipur. IGP SP Kalluri who had charge of Chhattisgarh Armed Force/Naxal Operations PHQ Raipur will take the charge as IGP Bastar. IGP AJAK Ravindra Kumar Bhediya will resume the charge of IGP, CAF/Naxal Operations, PHQ, Raipur.
The orders further stated that Additional Inspector General of Police (AIG) NKS Thakur who was posted as Deputy Director State Police Academy (SPA), Chandkhuri , will occupy the post of AIG, AJAK, PHQ , Raipur. likewise, AIG Special Cell PHQ Raipur, BP Posharya will take the charge as Deputy Director SPA. Further Additional IG traffic AM Juri has been given the charge of SP Balod.
In the same way, AIG Special Cell PHQ Raipur KK Agrawal has been moved as the post of SP (Railway), Raipur and AIG (Planning/Management) PHQ.
Similarly, District Superintendent of Police (SP) SS Sori, SP Surajpur will take over the post of AIG special cell PHQ, Raipur. SP Dantewada Narendra Khare has been moved as Commandant 7th battalion CAF, Bhilai; SP Dhamtari AR Korram to Commandant 1st battalion CAF Bhilai; SP Janjgir-Champa Shekh Arif Hussain to AIG Administration/Railway/Traffic, PHQ Raipur; SP Sukma Abhishek Shandilya to SP Baloda Bazar; SP Balod Ramgopal Garg to AIG PHQ; SP Bijapur Prashant Kumar Agrawal to SP Janjgir-Champa; SP Kondagaon D Shravan has been moved as SP Sukma.
Abhishek Meena, IPS, who was posted as Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Bijapur has been made SP Kondagaon. Similarly ASP, Rural (IPS) Girijashankar Jaiswal has been moved to SP STF Baghera.
SP Baloda Bazaar Sadanand Kumar has been shifted to STF Baghera Durg. Further, City Superintendent of Police (IPS) Azad Chowk Raipur Indira Kalyan has been given the charge of ASP Bijapur. Similarly CSP Durg (IPS) Santosh Kumar Singh has been moved to ASP Sukma.
Kamalochan Kashyap, SP, SIB, PHQ Raipur has been moved as SP Dantewada. He will also have additional charge of 9th battalion CAF. Kl Dhruv who was SP STF Baghera, Durg and Commandant 1stbattalion CAF Bhilai was moved to SP Bijapur. He too will have additional charge of Commandant 15th battalion CAF Bijapur.
Commandant 7th battalion CAF Bhilai Prakhar Pandey has been made SP Surajpur and SP Railway, PHQ Raipur has been given charge of SP Dhamtari.