EC transfers two DCs, eight SSPs in Punjab

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, January 18

Ahead of the Punjab Assembly polls, the Election Commission on Tuesday transferred two Deputy Commissioners-cum-District Election Officers and eight SSPs in Punjab.

7 IGPs, 19 DSPs shifted

The Election Commission has also transferred seven Inspector Generals of Police (IGPs) and three other senior police officers. A total of 19 DSP rank officers have also been transferred.

Giving details, Punjab Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Dr S Karuna Raju said the ECI had appointed Girish Dayalan as Ferozepur DC-cum-District Election Officer, while Vineet Kumar will be the new Bathinda DC-cum-District Election Officer.

Similarly, the EC has replaced six PPS officer who were posted as SSPs in various districts with officers from the Indian Police Services. A 2010-batch IPS officer, Harjeet Singh has been posted as the SAS Nagar SSP. Earlier, he has served as the SSP of Tarn Taran, Barnala and Fazlika districts. Harjeet Singh will replace PPS officer Navjot Singh Mahal.

Dhruman H Nimbale has been posed as the Hoshiarpur SSP, Patil Ketan Baliram as Ludhiana Rural SSP, Deepak Hilori as Amritsar Rural SSP, Gulneet Singh Khurana as Tarn Taran SSP, Amneet Kondal as Bathinda SSP, Sandeep Kumar Malik as Sri Muktsar Sahib SSP and Sartaj Singh Chahal as Fatehgarh Sahib SSP, the CEO said. Meanwhile, the Election Commission also transferred seven Inspector Generals of Police (IGPs) and three other senior police officers.

The CEO said the EC had transferred IGP Gurinder Singh Dhillon, IGP Jaskaran Singh and IGP Mukhwinder Singh Chinna to the Punjab Police Headquarters. While, Arun Pal Singh has been posted as Jalandhar Range IGP, Shive Kumar Verma as Bathinda Range IGP, Rakesh Agrawal as Patiala Range IGP and Pardeep Kumar Yadav as Faridkot Range IGP, he said. Similarly, Surjit Singh has been posted as DIG, Vigilance Bureau, and Kuljit Singh as AIG, Bureau of Investigation, Punjab. While, Jugraj Singh has been posted as the Assistant Commandant, 75th Battalion, PAP, Jalandhar.

The CEO said the EC had also transferred 19 DSP rank officers in Punjab.

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