New Delhi: Delhi Lieutenant-Governor V.K. Saxena in a major administrative rejig Friday ordered the transfer of as many as 27 officers of the Indian Police Service (IPS) and Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Service (DANIPS) posted across multiple special units and zones of the national capital.
The transfer order will affect 11 officers of Special Commissioner of Police (CP) rank — including those heading high-profile units of the force, such as the special cell which deals with counter-terrorism cases, the crime branch and the law and order zones, and several others of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP)-rank.
Asked about what prompted the major rejig, Delhi Police spokesperson Kumar Gyanesh said he would not comment on administrative orders.
IPS officer Hargobinder Singh Dhaliwal, who was heading the special cell, has been transferred as the Special CP of Traffic Zone 1 while IPS officer Rajender Pal Upadhyay has been appointed as Special CP of the special cell.
The two Special CPs who were managing law and order in the city — Dependra Pathak and Sagar Preet Hooda, Special CPs of Zone 1 and Zone 2, respectively — will take over as Special CPs in charge of security, and operations and perception management, respectively.
IPS officer Ravinder Singh Yadav, who was heading the crime branch, has been transferred as Special CP of law and order (Zone 1) while IPS officer Madhup Kumar Tewari has been appointed as special CP of law and order (Zone 2).
Officer Shalini Singh, who was heading the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the police force, will now head the crime branch while IPS officer Surender Singh Yadav will take her post in the EOW.
Among the DCP-level officers, IPS officer Manoj C, who was the DCP of south west district, has been transferred to the special cell while Sanjay Sain, who was the DCP of central district, has been transferred to the crime branch.
Guguloth Amrutha, who was the DCP of east district, has been transferred to the EOW while M. Harsh Vardhan will take over as DCP of the central district from Dwarka district.
Pranav Tayal, the DCP of New Delhi district, has been transferred to the special branch at the same post while officer Ankit Singh, DCP, crime branch, has been transferred to Dwarka district.
IPS officer Devesh Kumar Mahla has been transferred from the post of DCP, Indira Gandhi International Airport, to New Delhi district while officer Usha Rangnani, DCP in the special branch, will take over the IGI Airport position.
Officer Surendra Choudhary has been transferred from DCP of EOW to Shahdara district while the incumbent officer in the district, Rohit Meena, has been transferred to the south west district.
(Edited by Nida Fatima Siddiqui)