After the Election Commission issued a direction to the state Chief Secretary IPS officer Gyanwant Singh has been given the post of West Bengal’s Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee’s new Director of Security. He will be in the rank of Additional Director General of Police (ADGP). He was poll-bound West Bengal’s Additional Director of Security.
On Sunday, the Election Commission (EC) had suspended Indian Police Service officer Mr. Vivek Sahay, the Chief Minister’s then acting Director of Security, for lapses that led to her being injured in Nandigram last week.
The Election Commission has said there is no evidence to show that the Nandigram incident was an attack on the minister and that her injuries were the result of slack security arrangements.
EC suspended IPS officer Vivek Sahay, who was in charge of the CM’s security, and Purba Medinipur Superintendent of Police Praween Prakash. It also transferred the Purba Medinipur District Magistrate.
