New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- The West Bengal government has carried out a major reshuffle in the police administration, transferring 23 IPS officers covering Kolkata Police, Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate, CID and several districts, according to a
Home and Hill Affairs Department notification dated September 25.
Among the key changes, STF IGP Sudheer Kumar Neelakantam has been appointed Additional Commissioner of Police, Kolkata, replacing Devendra Prakash Singh. Intelligence Branch DIG Bholanath Pandey has also been transferred. The notification said the changes were made "in the interest of public service".
Singh, an additional police commissioner in Kolkata, has been transferred as the inspector general of the Intelligence Branch, North Bengal.
Bholanath Pandey, presently serving as the deputy inspector general of the Intelligence Branch, has been appointed the joint commissioner of Kolkata Police (Traffic), replacing Surya Pratap Yadav. Yadav has been entrusted with the responsibility of DIG of the state Intelligence Branch.
Sukhen Hira, presently DIG (Security) in West Bengal, will take charge as Kolkata Police Joint Commissioner (Security).
West Bengal Police Housing & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd's DIG Debarshi Dutta has been appointed Joint Commissioner of Police, Bidhannagar.
The notification also brought changes in the detective and cyber wings of Kolkata Police.
Dhritiman Sarkar has been transferred as the superintendent of police, Malda CID, while Arish Bilal has been posted as SP of West Bengal CID. Soumyadip Bhattacharya, currently commanding officer of SAP 1st Battalion, has been appointed deputy commissioner of police, Cyber-II, Kolkata. Kolkata Enforcement Branch Deputy Commissioner Sparsha Nilangi has been transferred to DCP, Detective Department, Kolkata.
The notification also named Quazi Samsuddin Ahamed as DCP of the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate's Detective Department, and Kuntal Banerjee as DCP, Barrackpore Police Commissionerate.
The orders will take effect from the dates on which the officers assume charge of their new posts, the notification said.
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