West Bengal Govt Transfers 23 IPS Officers:

The West Bengal government has effected a major reshuffle in the police administration transferring 23 IPS and West Bengal Police Service officers. Key changes include, STF Inspector General of Police Sudheer Kumar Neelakantam has been appointed Additional Commissioner of Police, Kolkata, replacing Devendra Prakash Singh. Singh, an additional police commissioner in Kolkata, has been transferred as the inspector general of the Intelligence Branch, North Bengal.

Bholanath Pandey, presently serving as the deputy inspector general of the Intelligence Branch, has been appointed the joint commissioner of Kolkata Police , replacing Surya Pratap Yadav, who has been entrusted with the responsibility of DIG of the state Intelligence Branch.

Sukhen Hira, presently DIG in West Bengal, will take charge as Kolkata Police Joint Commissioner. West Bengal Police Housing & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd's DIG Debarshi Dutta has been appointed Joint Commissioner of Police, Bidhannagar. Dhritiman Sarkar has been transferred as the superintendent of police, Malda CID, while Arish Bilal has been posted as SP of West Bengal CID. Soumyadip Bhattacharya, currently commanding officer of S 1st Battalion, has been appointed deputy commissioner of police, Cyber-II, Kolkata. Kolkata Enforcement Branch Deputy Commissioner Sparsha Nilangi has been transferred to DCP, Detective Department, Kolkata. Quazi Samsuddin Ahamed transferred as DCP of the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate's Detective Department, and Kuntal Banerjee as DCP, Barrackpore Police Commissionerate.