J&K Police rejig: Seven IPS, 14 JKPS officers transferred

Srinagar, Oct 9 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday carried out a reshuffle in the police department, transferring 21 officers, including seven IPS officers.

Among those transferred are police chiefs of five districts, officials said.

In an order issued by the home department, the L-G directed the transfers of seven IPS officers and 14 officers from the Jammu and Kashmir Police Services (JKPS).

Senior IPS officer Abdul Ghani Mir, who was recently posted to the Jammu and Kashmir segment of the AGMUT cadre and was awaiting an order of posting, has been made the Commandant General, Home Guards, Civil Defence, and SDRF, relieving Alok Kumar, who held additional charge of the post, the order said.

Mir, a 1994-batch IPS officer who was promoted to the rank of DGP in February, previously served as the IGP of Kashmir Range. According to the order, Mohammad Yaseen Kichloo, SSP, Cybercrime Investigation Centre of Excellence (CICE), Jammu, has been posted as Principal, Subsidiary Training Centre (STC), Talwara.

Shobhit Saxena, SSP, Kathua, has been transferred and posted as SSP, Security, J-K, against an available vacancy, while Tanushree, SP, SIA headquarters, has been transferred and posted as SSP, Pulwama, in place of P D Nitya, following the latter’s inter-cadre transfer to Rajasthan.

Sahil Sarangal, SSP, Kulgam, has been transferred and posted as SSP, Handwara, while Mohita Sharma, AIG, Provisions, has been posted as SSP, Kathua, the order said.

Anayat Ali Choudhary, SSP, Shopian, has been transferred and posted as SSP, Kulgam, it said.

Among the JKPS officers, Mohammad Arif Rishu, Principal, STC Talwara, has been transferred and posted as Director, Commando Training Centre (CTC), Lethpora, against an available vacancy, the order said.

Benam Tosh, SSP, Economic Offences WIng (EOW), Jammu, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Director, Sher-I-Kashmir Police Academy (SKPA), Udhampur, while Harmeet Singh Mehta, SSP, Bandipora, has been posted as Commandant, 13 IR, against an available vacancy.

Javid Iqbal, Commandant, 6 JKAP, has been transferred and posted as AIG, CT and Intelligence, the order said.

Mohammad Fiesel Qureshi, Staff Officer to IGP Crime, has been posted as SSP, EOW, Jammu.

Ramnish Gupta, Deputy Director, SKPA, Udhampur, has been posted as SSP, CICE, Jammu, while Aijaz Ahmed Zargar, AIG, CT and Intelligence, has been made the SSP of Bandipora, the order said.

Mushtaq Ahmad, SSP, Handwara, has been posted as SSP, Shopian, while Ashiq Hussain Tak, awaiting an order of posting, has been made the Dy CO, 6 IR, against an available vacancy.

Owaise Rashid, who awaited an order of posting, has been made the Additional SP of Ganderbal against an available vacancy, while Sarfaraz Bashir Ganai, also awaiting an order of posting, has been posted as Dy CO, 11 IR, against an available vacancy, the order said.

Ghulam Mustafa Bhat has been posted as Dy CO, 17 IR, against an available vacancy, while Shahzada Kabir Mattoo, has been posted as Dy CO, 9 JKAP, against an available vacancy.

Ashish Gupta has been posted as Dy CO, 5 IR, against an available vacancy, the order added. PTI SSB ARI ARI