Major Police Reshuffle in Jammu & Kashmir: 82 IPS and JKPS Officers Transferred
Srinagar, April 2: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday ordered a large-scale bureaucratic reshuffle in the police department, transferring and posting 82 officers from the IPS and JKPS cadres with immediate effect.
According to an order issued by the Home Department, several senior officers have been reassigned to key positions:
Tejinder Singh, earlier DIG Rajouri-Poonch Range, has been appointed IGP CID.
Sarah Rizvi, DIG Udhampur-Reasi, moves as IGP Crime.
Shahid Mehraj Rather takes charge as Director, Police Telecommunication.
Among DIG-level changes:
Shridhar Patil Daulu is now DIG Jammu-Samba-Kathua.
Haseeb-Ur-Rehman becomes DIG Traffic Kashmir.
Nisha Nathyal is posted as DIG IR Jammu, while Vinod Kumar takes over DIG North Kashmir Range.
Maqsood-ul-Zaman will head DIG Armed Kashmir, and Shiv Kumar Sharma moves to DIG Udhampur-Reasi.
Promotions and new DIG postings include:
Sargun (DIG Doda-Kishtwar-Ramban)
Sandeep Wazir (DIG Rajouri-Poonch)
Anita Sharma (DIG CD & SDRF Jammu)
Jatinder Singh Johar (DIG Headquarters)
Swarn Singh Kotwal continues as Director SSF.
SSP-Level Transfers
Amod Nagpure Ashok posted to Anantnag, swapping with Amritpal Singh.
Anuj Kumar becomes SSP Samba, Sudhanshu Dhama SSP Ganderbal.
Bisma Qazi (SSP Tech CID HQ), Deepika (SSP CTFD CID HQ).
Sukant Shalija Ballabh takes charge as SSP Security Jammu.
Kamal Pal Singh Malhotra appointed SSP Finger Print Bureau.
Promotions include Kartik Shrotriya (SSP Doda), Mukund Tibrewal (SSP Reasi), and Hariprasad K.K. (SSP Budgam).
Young IPS Officers Posted
From the 2022 batch:
Vaibhav Meena (SP South Jammu)
Anna Sinha (SP Headquarters Jammu)
Harshal Mahajan (Additional SP Baramulla)
Neha Jain (SP East Srinagar)
JKPS Officers Also Reshuffled
Several JKPS officers were reassigned:
Shamsher Hussain (SSP PCR Jammu)
Amit Gupta (SSP CID SB Jammu)
Mohd Yousif (SSP Security Civil Secretariat)
Sajad Khaliq Bhat (SSP Security Kashmir)
Tahir Ashraf Bhatti (SSP SIA Kashmir)
Command-level postings include:
Rajinder Kumar Katoch (1st IR)
Paramvir Singh (1st Border Battalion)
Dushyant Sharma (15th IR)
Junior-Level Adjustments
Tariq Ahmad Wani (SP APCR Kashmir)
Rahul Charak (Dy CO 22nd IR)
Irshad Hussain Rather (Additional SP Ops Baramulla)
Zoheb Tanveer (2nd Women Battalion)
The order was issued by Principal Secretary (Home) Chandraker Bharti on the directions of the Lieutenant Governor, and took effect immediately.
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