Jammu, Oct 9: Seven senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers were among 24 officers transferred and posted by the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha in a major rejig effected in the Police administration on Thursday.
Reshuffle was made through two separate orders, with immediate effect.
As per an order issued by Principal Secretary Home, Chandraker Bharti, 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.
Mir, a 1994-batch IPS officer who was promoted to the rank of DGP in February, previously served as the IGP of Kashmir Range.
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.
Anayat Ali Choudhary, SSP, Shopian, has been transferred and posted as SSP, Kulgam.
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.
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. 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.
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.
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.
Through a separate order by J&K Home Department, Sanjay Kumar Bhagat (JKPS:2001) Commandant 14 JKAP, has been transferred and posted as AIG Buildings vice Amit Bhasin, who will await further posting at Police Headquarters, J&K.
Gh Jeelani Wani (JKPS:2001) SSP Kupwara, has been transferred and posted as Commandant 14 JKAP, vice Sanjay Kumar Bhagat.
Syed Al-Tahir Gilani (JKPS:2001) Staff Officer of DGP, J&K, has been transferred and posted as SSP Kupwara vice Gh Jeelani Wani.
