Gujarat: Ahead of polls, 16 IPS officers shifted

Rajkumar will relieve Anupam Singh Gahlaut of the additional charge. DIG CID (Crime), Gandhinagar, Saurabh Tolumbia, now stands transferred and appointed as ACP (Administration, Traffic and Crime) at Rajkot City; while Khursheed Ahmed, who was special commissioner of police (administration, traffic and crime) at Rajkot City, now stands transferred and appointed as ADGP (planning and modernisation) at Gandhinagar.

Piyush Patel will take charge as IGP of Surat range following his transfer as IGP (Armed Units) at Gandhinagar. Ajay Chaudhary, Joint Commissioner of Police (Administration) in Ahmedabad city, will now take up the position of JCP (Special Branch) in Ahmedabad city. Sandeep Singh stands transferred from his position as Rajkot range IG to Vadodara range IG.

RV Asari, ACP of Sector-1 of Ahmedabad city, will be taking up the currently vacant cadre post of DIG, Intelligence-2 at Gandhinagar, while Asari’s earlier position will be taken up by Neeraj Badgujar. KN Damor, DIG, CID (Crime IV) at Gandhinagar, will take charge as ACP Sector-2 in Surat city. Ahmedabad city JCP (Traffic) M A Chavada, was transferred to the vacant post of Inspector General of Police, Junagadh Range, Junagadh, while IGP (Bhavnagar range) Ashok Yadav, was appointed as IGP Rajkot range, following the transfer of incumbent officer Sandeep Singh who was appointed as IGP (Vadodara range). Ahmedabad city JCP (Sector 2) Gautam Parmar was transferred as IGP (Bhavnagar range) following Ashok Yadav’s transfer. Deputy Inspector General of Police (Panchmahal-Godhra range) M S Bharada has been appointed in his place.

IGP, Motor Transport, DH Parmar was shifted as JCP (traffic) Surat city which was vacant. The post was that of additional CP (Crime and Traffic) which was redesignated as Additional CP (Crime). Chirag Koradia, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime & Traffic), Vadodara City was appointed in Bharada’s place as Range DIG (Panchmahal-Godhra) and his place in Vadodara will be taken by who was waiting for a posting. DIG (Railways) Ahmedabad, A G Chauhan, was appointed as Addl CP (Traffic), Ahmedabad City, following Chavada’s transfer. DIG, CID (Crime-V) K N Damor was shifted as Addl CP Sector 2, Surat City.