Cops who helped control Godhra riots shunted

Two additional commissioners of Ahmedabad, who successfully quelled the post-Godhra violence in the city, were among 41 senior police office...

Two additional commissioners of Ahmedabad, who successfully quelled the post-Godhra violence in the city, were among 41 senior police officers transferred on Thursday.

Satish Sharma and Satish Varma had been put in charge of riot-torn areas on May 10, 2002. With Commissioner K.R. Kaushik, the Sharma-Varma jodi, as they came to be known, had cracked down on rioters in a manner that was described as strict but fair. They brought the riots under control in weeks. Less than a year on, they have been moved out. Varma has been made deputy inspector-general for the border range. Sharma’s new post is yet to be announced.

Sharma, who was in charge of Ahmedabad’s Sector-I, was replaced by Joint Commissioner P.C. Thakur, and Varma, who was in charge of Sector-II, by Additional Commissioner (Administration) Keshav Kumar.

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Other significant transfers, both on promotion, are of Deputy Inspector-General Rakesh Asthana, who heads the special team investigating the Godhra carnage and his boss, Additional Director-General A.K. Bhargava. Asthana takes the post of Inspector-General for the Vadodara range and Bhargava has been made managing-director of the Gujarat State Police Housing Corporation.

Inspector-General (Gandhinagar Range) Pramod Kumar replaces Asthana and Inspector-General (Ahmedabad Range) Kuldeep Sharma replaces Bhargava.

The other transfers are as follows:

H.R. Gehlot, managing-director of police housing corporation, occupies the vacant post of inspector-general in charge of prisons. Additional Director-General (Administration) G.C. Raigar switches posts with Additional Director-General (Armed Units) P.C. Pandey.

Inspector-General (Vadodara Range) Deepak Swaroop has been made special inspector-general in charge of intelligence, Rajkot Commissioner V.V. Rabari has been made joint commissioner in charge of administration and Special Inspector-General (Armed Units) Shivanand Jha has been made a deputy municipal commissioner in Ahmedabad.

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