Ranchi, Apr 18 (PTI) The Jharkhand government has effected a bureaucratic reshuffle by transferring, giving new appointments and additional charge to 65 IAS and IPS officers, officials said.
New deputy commissioners (DCs) have been appointed in 17 districts, according to an official notification issued on Friday night.
It said 2013-batch IAS officer Rajiv Ranjan was made the DC of East Singhbhum district, while Sandip Kumar, a 2014-batch officer, was appointed Latehar DC.
Shashi Prakash Singh, a 2017-batch officer, was appointed Deoghar DC, while Hemant Sati was made Hazaribag DC and Manish Kumar West Singhbhum DC.
Lokesh Mishra has been appointed Godda DC and Megha Bhardwaj the DC of Pakur, the notification said.
The notification issued by the Home, Prison and Disaster Management Department said Inspector General (Operation) Michael Raj S was made IG (Rail), while IG of Palamu zone Shailendra Kumar Sinha was appointed Bokaro IG, and IG Bokaro Sunil Bhaskar was transferred to the Jharkhand Armed Police.
Superintendent of Police Nidhi Dubey was made the new Saraikela-Kharswan SP in place of Mukesh Kumar, who was appointed the SP of Ramgarh.
Ranchi Rural SP Praveen Pushkar was made Deogarh SP, while Ajay Kumar was appointed SP of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), it added. PTI SAN RBT
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