PATNA, July 1 -- In a major police reshuffle, the Bihar home department on Wednesday transferred 12 IPS officers, including Special Vigilance Unit (SVU) Additional Director General (ADG) Pankaj Kumar Darad, and 53 DSPs, including the former Jagdishpur SDPO Rajesh Kumar Sharma.

Sharma was attached to headquarters following his name being mentioned in the FIR for the killing of Bharat Bhushan Tiwari in Shahpur police station area of Bhojpur district. He has been given a new posting even as the judicial probe into the killing is on and the police investigation into his role may also begin soon.

Four of the twelve IPS officers were transferred within two months.

While ADG Darad, handling the tender scandal investigation and having just sub...