The Haryana government has ordered a reshuffle involving 13 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers, appointing 1994-batch officer Navdeep Singh Virk as director general of the Haryana Human Rights Commission against a vacant post.
The transfer and posting orders, issued with immediate effect by additional chief secretary (home) Sudhir Rajpal on Sunday, also assign new responsibilities to senior officers across the state enforcement bureau, special task force, vigilance and anti-corruption bureau, railways and commando units.
Senior officers moved across key departments
M Ravi Kiran, a 1996-batch IPS officer, has been appointed additional director general of police (ADGP) of the Haryana State Enforcement Bureau, replacing Virk.
B Satheesh Balan, a 2004-batch IPS officer who was serving as inspector general (IG) of the Special Task Force (STF) in Bhondsi, has been transferred as IG (railways and commando). He replaces Maneesh Chaudhary, a 2005-batch officer.
Chaudhary has been posted as inspector general of police (IGP), State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau, Panchkula, and will also hold the additional charge of IGP (prisons).
Simardeep Singh, who was serving as IG of the Rohtak range, has been appointed IGP of the STF in Bhondsi. He will also hold the additional charges of commissioner of police, Jhajjar, and IGP, Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB), Bhondsi.
Hamid Akhtar, a 2008-batch IPS officer, has been posted as IGP of the Rohtak range.
New postings for other IPS officers
Among the other appointments, Dheeraj Kumar, a 2014-batch IPS officer, has been posted as superintendent of police (SP), police headquarters, Panchkula.
Sumit Kumar will continue as SP of the Haryana STF while taking on the additional charge of commandant of the 4th battalion, IRB, Manesar.
Vikrant Bhushan has been appointed deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Gohana, Sonepat. Divyanshi Singla has been posted as additional superintendent of police (ASP), Fatehabad, while Deepika Agarwal will serve as ASP, Rewari. Harshit Goel has been assigned as ASP, Panipat, and Mayank Mudgil as ASP, Hisar.
Haryana Police Service officers also transferred
The government has also issued separate transfer and posting orders for Haryana Police Service (HPS) officers.
Jitender Gahlawat has been appointed DCP, crime, Sonepat, while Hitesh Yadav has been posted as DCP, traffic, Gurugram.