Patna, (Bihar Times): This time it is the turn of the IPS
officers. Within a fortnight of the midnight transfer
of the 67 IAS officers the state government late on
Saturday night shifted 31 IPS officers. This includes
20 superintendents of police.
The state capital, Patna, will now have new Senior SP,
Amit Kumar. He replaces Kundan Krishnan. Amit was
earlier the SP of chief minister’s home district,
Nalanda. Incidentally it was in Nalanda that the chief
minister was attacked last month when he accompanied
the former President A P J Abdul Kalam to the site of
the Nalanda International University. The district
magistrate of Nalanda has already been shifted earlier
this month.
Kundan Krishnan has now been asked to join as the SP,
Bhagalpur, which has been in the news for all the
wrong reasons, including the police firing in
Kahalgaon in January.
Three police officers have been promoted to the rank
of DIG. Gupteshwar Pandey, who only sometimes back
joined, DIG (Crime Record Bureau) has now been posted
as the DIG (Security) in the Special Branch. A K
Ambedkar, Assistant IG Inspection, has been promoted
to the rank of DIG Shahabad Range. K K Verma and B
Srinivasan, who were posted as the Assistant IG, BMP
and SP (Vigilance) have now been promoted to the rank
of DIG Personnel and DIG Vigilance respectively.
Meanwhile, the state government has also transferred
three IAS officers and posted three others who had
been waiting for posting. Prinicpal Secretary Home,
Afzal Amanuallah, has been given the additional charge
of Minority Welfare department. K C Saha has been
posted as the Prinicipal Secretary, department of
Schedule Castes and Schedule Tribes Welfare with
additional charge of Backward and Extremely Backward
Classes Welfare Department. On the other hand
Vishwanath Singh has been made the managing director
of the Bihar State Water Board.