The State Government on Wednesday effected a major reshuffle in the police administration including transferring Nayagarh SP Pratyush Diwakar and posting him as AIG, Headquarters.Diwakar was replaced by Sidhartha Kataria in Nayagarh. Till now, he was working as SDPO, Talcher.
Diwakar’s transfer was significant in view of the Pari rape and murder case.Akhilesvar Singh, who was attached to the State Police Headquarters, was posted as Commandant of SOG. Earlier, he had been transferred as the Puri SP after the alleged Puri custodial death. Niti Shekhar, Kendrapada SP, was posted as Additional TC (ENF) C&T Department.
Rahul PR was posted as Jajpur SP. He was the SP of Jharsuguda. Narasingha Bhola was posted as IGP, Sambalpur. He was IGP, NCR, Talcher. SP, EOW, Awinash Kumar was transferred as DIG (I/C), SAP. Pandit Rajesh Uttamrao was posted as DIG (I/C), Koraput. He was SP, Bhadrak.