Five MP Police Districts Get New Superintendents
Bhopal, October 29: Madhya Pradesh has announced a broad transfer of 12 IPS officers, with the Home Department's order bringing changes to the leadership of five district police units. The list also reassigns officers to Police Headquarters, Urban Police, and several Special Armed Force battalions across the state.
The districts affected are Narmadapuram, Betul, Panna, Harda, and Alirajpur. Officers who take charge of these districts will lead local police operations, while those moved out have been posted to headquarters or other departments.
Narmadapuram's Superintendent of Police, Sainkrishna S. Thota, has been replaced by Deepak Kumar Shukla, who was previously Commandant of the 32nd Battalion of the Special Armed Force in Ujjain. Thota will now serve as Assistant Inspector General of Police at Police Headquarters in Bhopal.
In Betul, Amit Saxena replaces Virendra Jain. Saxena had been Assistant Inspector General of Police at Police Headquarters. Jain will serve as Deputy Commissioner of Police in Bhopal Urban Police.
Panna's Superintendent of Police, Nivedita Naidu, has been moved, and Savyasachi Saraf has been posted in her place. Saraf was earlier Superintendent of Police, Cyber, in Indore. Naidu has been appointed Commandant of the 10th Battalion of the Special Armed Force in Sagar.
Harda sees Ankit Jaiswal take over from Shashank. Jaiswal previously served as Superintendent of Police, Railways, in Bhopal.
In Alirajpur, Samar Verma has been named Superintendent of Police, replacing Raghuvansh Kumar Singh. Verma was earlier Superintendent of Police of the Economic Offences Cell in Ujjain. Singh has been posted as Inspector General of Police at Police Headquarters.
The Special Armed Force has also seen changes in command. Abhishek Anand has been transferred from the 1st Battalion in Indore and made Commandant of the 15th Battalion, Indore. Shrutkirti Somvanshi has been named Commandant of the 2nd Battalion in Gwalior, after previously serving in another battalion in the city.