Major police reshuffle in Punjab, 33 officers shifted

LK Yadav is new Director of Bureau of Investigation

Mandeep Sidhu has been posted as Ludhiana Police Comiissioner

Varun Sharma has been posted as SSP Patiala 

Sandeep Garg has been posted as SSP Mohali

Nanak Singh has been posted as SSP Mansa

In a major reshuffle in Punjab Police, Governor Punjab issued transfer Orderes of 33 police officers of Punjab.  the TransferFacing flak over recent incidents compromising law and order situation in the state, Punjab Government made a major reshuffle in its police department.

Punjab government posted ADGP LK Yadav as new Director- Bureau of Investigation and shifted seven SSPs, two range IGs of Jalandhar and Bathinda, besides CP, Ludhiana.

Mandeep Sidhu has been posted as Ludhiana Police Comiissioner , Varun Sharma has been posted as SSP Patiala  and Sandeep Garg has been posted as SSP Mohali.

ADGP Kuldeep Singh is the new head of the STF (drugs) while B. Chandershekhar is new ADGP, Prisons. Both these posts fell vacant after incumbent ADGP Harpreet Singh Sidhu was appointed incharge of ITBP.

IG, law and order, has also been replaced.

GS Dhillon is new IG on that post. Among the SSPs, key transfer is of Mansa SSP Gaurav Toora, who was facing criticism for Moosewala’s murder and later escape of one of the accused from CIA, Mansa, with the help of CIA incharge.

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