In a major reshuffle, as many as 35 IPS officers have been shifted in Gujarat, while many of them have been promoted. Accordingly, Manoj Agarwal has been promoted to Director General of Police Grade and appointed as Director, Civil Defence and Commandant General, Home Guards, Ahmedabad, while Dr K Laxmi Narayan Rao has been promoted to DGP Grade and posted as DGP, Prisons & Correctional administration, Ahmedabad and Gyanender Singh Malik was promoted to DGP grade and appointed as Commissioner of Police, Ahmedabad City. Similarly, Hasmukh Patel, MD, Gujarat Police Housing Corporation, Gandhinagar, has been promoted to DGP Grade and will continue to hold charge of the post; Narasimha N Komar has been transferred as Commissioner of Police, Vadodara; Anupam Singh Gahlaut as Commissioner of Police, Surat City; Brajesh Kumar Jha was promoted to ADGP Grade and posted as Special Commissioner of Police, Sector-2, Ahmedabad City; Wabang Jamir has been promoted to ADGP Grade and appointed Special Commissioner of Police, Sector-1, Surat City; Ajay Kumar Choudhary was promoted to ADGP Grade and appointed Special Commissioner of Police (Special Branch), Ahmedabad City; Abhay Chudasama, Principal, State Police Academy, Karai, Gandhinagar, has been promoted to ADGP Grade and continue to hold charge of post; S G Trivedi is promoted to ADGP Grade and appointed as Additional Director General of Police, CID (Crime), Gandhinagar; J R Mothaliya was shifted as Inspector General of Police, Ahmedabad Range, Ahmedabad; Prem Vir Singh as Inspector General of Police, Surat Range, Surat; Nilesh Bhikhabhai Jajadia has been promoted to IGP Grade and appointed as Inspector General of Police, Junagadh Range, Junagadh; Bipin Shankarrao Ahire was promoted to IGP Grade and appointed as Additional Director, Anti-Corruption Bureau, Ahmedabad; Sharad Singhal has been promoted to IGP Grade and kept on waiting for posting; Chirag Mohanbhai Koradia is promoted to IGP Grade and appointed as Inspector General of Police, Border Range, Bhuj; P L Mal is promoted to IGP Grade and appointed as Inspector General of Police (Coastal Security), Ahmedabad; M L Ninama has been promoted to IGP Grade and appointed as Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime & Traffic), Vadodara City; N N Chaudhari was promoted to IGP Grade and appointed as Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic), Ahmedabad City; A G Chauhan was promoted to IGP Grade and appointed Inspector General of Police (Prison), Ahmedabad; R V Asari, has been promoted to IGP Grade and appointed as IGP, Panchmahal-Godhara Range, Godhara; K N Damor has been promoted to Inspector General of Police Grade and appointed as Joint Commissioner of Police, Sector-2, Surat City; Jaipalsingh Rathore was promoted to DIGP Grade and appointed as DIGP, Rajkot (Rural); Dr Leena Patil was promoted to DIGP Grade and appointed as Additional Commissioner of Police, Zone-3, Vadodara City; Sweta Shrimali was promoted to DIGP Grade and appointed as DIGP, Central Prison, Ahmedabad; Nirlipt Rai is promoted to DIGP Grade and appointed as DIGP, State Monitoring Cell, Gandhinagar; Dipakkumar Meghani was promoted to DIG rank and appointed as DIG (Law and Order), Gandhinagar; Mahendra Bagria has been promoted and appointed as DIG, Kutchh-Bhuj (West); Sunil Joshi is promoted and appointed as DIG (Operation), Ahmedabad; Dr Tarun Duggal has been shifted as SP, Mehsana; Om Prakash Jat as SP, Ahmedabad Rural; Shivam Verma as DCP, Zone 7, Ahmedabad City; Gaurav Jasani as SP, Anand and Imtiyaz Shaikh IPS has been transferred and posted as SP, Chota Udepur.