Peeyush Pandey is new acting West Bengal DGP, major rejig ahead of Assembly polls

In a major reshuffle of the West Bengal police, senior IPS officer Peeyush Pandey has been appointed Director General and Inspector General of Police (DGP), West Bengal, in-charge.

Mr. Pandey, a 1993-batch officer will taking up the post of DGP of the State following the superannuation of incumbent Rajeev Kumar on January 31. The reshuffle comes months ahead of Assembly polls in West Bengal.

Manoj Kumar Verma, Commissioner of Kolkata Police, has been posted as Director, Security, West Bengal, while Supratim Sarkar, ADG and IGP, South Bengal, will take over as Commissioner of Police, Kolkata.

Vineet Kumar Goyal, ADG and IGP, STF, has been posted as ADG (Law and Order), West Bengal, with additional charge of ADG, Anti-Corruption Bureau, while Jawed Shamim, ADG and IGP (Law and Order), has been given charge as ADG, Special Task Force (STF), along with additional charge of ADG, Intelligence Branch.

Praveen Kumar Tripathi, Commissioner of Police, Howrah, has been posted as Commissioner of Police, Barrackpore, in the rank of IG, while Murli Dhar, Commissioner of Police, Barrackpore, has been posted as Commissioner of Police, Bidhannagar, also in the rank of IG.

Amit P Javalgi, Commissioner of Police, Chandannagar, has been posted as IGP, Burdwan Range. Mukesh, Commissioner of Police, Bidhannagar, has been posted as IGP, Murshidabad and Jangipur Range, while Syed Waquar Raza, DIG, Murshidabad Range, has been transferred as DIG, Nadia and Ranaghat.

Akash Magharia, DIG, Presidency Range, has been posted as Commissioner of Police, Howrah, in the rank of DIG, while Bhaskar Mukherjee, DIG, Barasat Range, has been posted as DIG, Presidency Range. Koteswara Rao, Superintend of Police , Sundarban Police District, has been posted as Commissioner of Police, Chandannagar, in the rank of Superintend of Police.