Major bureaucratic reshuffle in Bihar

One of them, Jeetendra Kumar Sinha of the Manipur and Tripura cadre, has been made the Patna DM.

Punjab cadre officer Dilip Kumar and Sanjay Kumar Singh of the Orissa cadre, who had recently joined as additional secretaries in the Home Department, have been made District Magistrates of West Champaran and Gaya, respectively.

Another significant posting is that of Bandana Preyase as District Magistrate of Siwan. Preyase, a joint secretary in the Home Department, had hit the headlines recently when an RPF DIG misbehaved with her sister during a train journey.

Of the 29 new DMs, as many as 16 would be promoted IAS officers.