Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) A major reshuffle took place in the West Bengal police administration on Monday, with the Suvendu Adhikari government issuing a transfer notification for 179 IPS officers.

Among them are about 12 Superintendents of Police, including those of Diamond Harbour in South 24 Parganas district. The Lok Sabha constituency of Diamond Harbour is represented by Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee.

After coming to power in the state, the Suvendu Adhikari government carried out its first major reshuffle at the administrative level.

Surya Pratap Yadav was removed as the Superintendent of Police of Birbhum district. He is being given the charge of Joint CP (Admin) of Kolkata Police.

Jalpaiguri SP Amarnath K. has been promoted and made the DIG of the Intelligence Bureau of North Bengal.

Purulia SP Vaibhav Tiwari has now been appointed as Joint CP (Armed Police) of Kolkata Police.

Barasat Police District Superintendent Pushpa has been sent to East Burdwan.

Bankura SP Saumaditya Bhattacharya has been given the charge of Malda Special Task Force (STF).

South Dinajpur Superintendent of Police Chinmoy Mittal has also been transferred.

Hooghly Rural SP Kumar Sunny Raj has been given the charge of Purulia.

Baruipur Police District Superintendent Shuvendra Kumar has been given the charge of the Wireless Branch of Kolkata Police.

Diamond Harbour Police District SP Ishani Pal has taken charge as the DCP of South-West of Kolkata Police.

Bengal STF Superintendent Parijat Biswas has been sent to the Enforcement Branch.

East Burdwan SP Sayak Das has also been transferred.

Bengal STF DIG Sudhir Kumar Neelakantam has been given the charge as Inspector General of Counter Insurgency Force (CIF) of West Bengal Police.

Kolkata Police Armed Police Joint CP Subhankar Bhattacharya has been given the charge as DIG of Traffic.

The transfer of so many IPS officers comes at a time when the police administration is cracking down on illegal activities and is also acting in cases involving Trinamool Congress leaders against whom there are various charges of corruption and extortion. Already several Trinamool Congress MLAs, including a couple of former ministers and councillors, have been arrested by the police on such charges.

–IANS

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