Gurugram, May 19 -- The Haryana government on Sunday appointed senior IPS officer Sibash Kabiraj as the new commissioner of police, Gurugram, replacing Vikas Arora in a major administrative reshuffle involving over 20 Indian Police Service and Haryana Police Service officers across the state. According to orders issued by the Haryana home department, Kabiraj, a 1999-batch IPS officer of the Haryana cadre, has been transferred from the post of commissioner of police, Panchkula. Outgoing Gurugram police commissioner Vikas Arora has been posted as additional director general of police (administration), Panchkula. The reshuffle comes at a time when Gurugram Police are dealing with increasing challenges related to cybercrime, traffic congestion, rapid urbanisation, corporate security and law-and-order management. Kabiraj, from Ranchi, Jharkhand, completed mechanical engineering at IIT Kharagpur and later earned LLB and LLM degrees from Kurukshetra University. He joined the service on September 20, 1999, and was promoted as Inspector General of Police in May 2017. He has served across Haryana as ASP in Karnal, Kaithal and Faridabad, and as SP in Karnal, Hisar, Yamunanagar, Faridabad, Mewat, Ambala and Bhiwani. He also served on deputation with the Ministry of External Affairs as Regional Passport Officer, Chandigarh, from 2017 until February 2023, receiving the Best Regional Passport Officer Award for four consecutive years (2019-2022). "I have certain plans and priorities for Gurugram, but I would like to discuss them in detail once I officially join," Kabiraj said. As part of the reshuffle, senior IPS officer KK Rao was posted to RTC Bhondsi, while senior IPS officer Charu Bali was appointed as ADGP, Bhondsi Police Complex, Gurugram, officials aware of the matter said....