India, March 4 -- A major reshuffle took place in the Delhi Police on Tuesday as the government ordered the transfer and posting of at least 70 officers, police said.

The order, issued with the lieutenant governor's approval on Tuesday, mandated changes at levels of special commissioners, joint commissioners, additional commissioners, deputy commissioners of police and additional DCPs.

According to the order, seen by HT, the reshuffle included transferring senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers Virender Singh to DG (Home Guards), Anand Mohan to DG (Prisons) and Surendra Singh Yadav to DG (Civil Defence).

Among senior-level changes, IPS officer Sanjay Kumar Jain was posted as officer on special duty (OSD) to the commissioner of pol...