18 transfers in 8 years, IPS officer Dhruman S Nimbale joins NIA

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 29

IPS officer Dhruman S Nimbale, who was in the news recently for frequent transfers as SSP in various districts of Punjab, was moved to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday.

The NIA is headed by Punjab cadre DGP-rank officer Dinkar Gupta.

Nimbale has seen 18 transfers in eight years and was known as an expert against illegal mining. The AAP government had courted controversy in April by transferring him to Muktsar just a week after he had carried out one of the biggest operations against illegal miners.

Before this transfer, Nimbale remained as SSP Tarn Taran for five months only. He remained SSP Moga for two months prior to that.

The AAP government did not shift Nimbale after that even though it reshuffled the SSPs in the state twice. He remained as SSP Muktsar before leaving the charge a few days ago. The officer tweeted on Friday that he had joined the NIA.

During his tenure as the SSP Tarn Taran, Moga and Hoshiarpur, he ordered more than 100 FIRs over sand mining. During his tenure in Tarn Taran, Nimbale started a drive against illegal mining as trucks quarried sand from Ferozepur to Tarn Taran.

In Moga, he spotted mining activity from the riverbed, which was against rules as no mining is allowed during the monsoon (June 1 to August 31). Nimbale lodged 13 FIRs and seized machines worth Rs 4 crore. He seized Rs 1.53 crore cash from illegal sand miners in Hoshiarpur.

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