Srinagar, Oct 9: The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Friday ordered the transfer and posting of 100 police officers across the Union Territory, carrying out a major reshuffle involving senior officers of the Indian Police Service (IPS) and Jammu and Kashmir Police Service (JKPS).
According to an order issued by the Home Department, senior IPS officer Danesh Rana has been appointed Managing Director of the J&K Police Housing Corporation, relieving S.J.M. Gillani of the additional charge.
Garib Dass, Director of the Sher-i-Kashmir Police Academy (SKPA), Udhampur, has been posted as ADG Homeguards, Civil Defence and SDRF, while Dr Mohd Haseeb Mughal has been appointed Director of SKPA.
Abdul Jabbar has been posted as IG Armed Police Jammu, while Shahid Mehraj Rather has been appointed IG Technical Services J&K, retaining additional charge of Director Police Telecommunications.
Rayees Mohammad Bhat has been transferred from DIG CID Kashmir to DIG CID Headquarters J&K.
At the range and directorate levels, Shiv Kumar Sharma has been posted as DIG Railways, Swarn Singh Kotwal as DIG Udhampur-Reasi Range, Zahid Naseem Manhas as DIG Armed Police Jammu and Hareesh H.P. as Director of the Special Security Force.
New district police chiefs
Sudhanshu Dhama has been appointed SSP Kupwara, replacing Syed Al Tahir Gilani, who has been posted as SSP PCR Kashmir.
Harshal Rajesh Mahajan has been appointed SSP Ganderbal, Neha Jain SSP Sopore, Anna Sinha SSP Ramban and Vaibhav Meena SSP Poonch.
Tahir Saleem Khan has been posted as SSP Bandipora, Sajad Khaliq Bhat as SSP Handwara and Irshad Hussain Rather as SSP Awantipora.
Traffic, specialised wings reshuffled
Bisma Qazi has been appointed SSP Traffic City Srinagar, replacing Aijaz Ahmad Bhat, who has been posted as Commandant of the 23rd JKAP IR Battalion.
K.M. Priyanka has been appointed SSP Traffic National Highway, while Master Popsy has been posted as SSP Rural Traffic Jammu.
Anand Kumar Mishra has been appointed head of the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF), J&K.
The order also includes transfers and postings of commandants across Armed Police and India Reserve battalions, along with changes in intelligence wings, training institutions and other key police formations.
All transfers and postings have been ordered with immediate effect.
