Punjab Police reshuffle: 41 shifted; Amritsar, Ludhiana get new commissioners

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 20

In a major reshuffle in the Punjab Police, 41 officers, including an ADGP, two Commissioners of Police (CP), one zonal Inspector General, two DIGs and 13 SSPs, were transferred late Friday evening.

Also read: 15 IAS officers, 3 PCS officers transferred in major reshuffle in Punjab

Jalandhar, Amritsar and Ludhiana have got new police commissioners.

These postings are significant as the officials are likely to remain posted during the state Assembly elections in February 2022.

ADGP Shashi Prabha Dwivedi has been posted as ADGP, Vigilance Bureau. IG Naunihal Singh will now be new Commissioner of Police, Ludhiana, in place of IG Rakesh Aggarwal, who has been transferred as IG- Ropar Range. Vikramjeet Duggal will now be Commissioner of Police, Amritsar, vide Dr Sukhchain Gill, who has been posted as Commissioner of Police, Jalandhar.

Gurpreet Singh Bhullar will be DIG, Ludhiana, while Gurpreet Singh Toor will be DIG-Patiala Range.

The new SSPs and their station of posting are: Swapan Sharma-Sangrur; Dhruman H Nimbale-Moga; Vivek Sheel Soni-Ropar; Amneet Kondal- Hoshiarpur; Charanjit Singh-Muktsar; Bhagirath Singh Meena- Barnala; Gurdial Singh-Ludhiana Rural; Harmanbir Gill-Nawanshahar; Ajay Maluja-Bathinda; Ashwani Kapoor-Batala; Rajpal Singh-Ferozepore; Opinderjit Singh Ghuman-Tarn Taran; and Sandeep Goel-Fatehgarh Sahib.