12 police officers transferred by EC ahead of Bengal polls
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Kolkata: The Election Commission has ordered a top-level reshuffle in West Bengal's police administration ahead of polls, transferring 12 officers across Kolkata Police and state forces, officials said.
Key changes in Kolkata Police see DIG, CID Soma Das Mitra moved to Joint Commissioner (Crime), with Sudip Sarkar, former DIG (Personnel), appointed Joint Commissioner (Headquarters), and DIG, Special Task Force Debasmita Das named Joint Commissioner (Intelligence).
The EC has also removed the Deputy Commissioners of Kolkata Police’s North, South, East, and South-East divisions. VSR Ananthanag takes over as DC (South), Pradip Kumar Yadav as DC (North), Saikat Ghosh (from DC, Bhangar) as DC (South-East), and Prashant Choudhury, SP of Counter Insurgency Force, as DC (East).
Additional transfers span multiple police districts and commissionerates statewide, forming part of routine pre-election measures to ensure impartiality.
(Inputs from PTI)