New Delhi: In a major bureaucratic move, the Delhi Government has effected a reshuffle of 11 Indian Police Service (IPS) and Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Service (DANIPS) officers. The Home Department issued the transfer orders on Monday, reassigning officers across important wings of the Delhi Police, including Housing, Security, Vigilance, Licensing, and Economic Offences Wing (EOW).
The reshuffle includes top-level changes involving officers of the 1994 to 2016 batches, affecting the posts of Special Commissioners (Spl. CP), Joint Commissioners (Joint CP), and Additional Deputy Commissioners (Addl. DCP).
Senior IPS Officers Reassigned–
Rajesh Khurana (IPS:1994:AGMUT)
Posted as Spl. CP (MD), Delhi Police Housing Corporation Ltd. upon joining Delhi Police.
Neeraj Thakur (IPS:1994:AGMUT)
- Moved from Spl. CP (MD), Delhi Police Housing Corporation Ltd.
- Now posted as Spl. CP, Provisioning & Finance Division, with additional charge of Spl. CP, Vigilance.
Garima Bhatnagar (IPS:1994:AGMUT)
Transferred from Provisioning & Finance Division to Spl. CP, Economic Offences Wing (EOW).
Dheeraj Kumar (IPS:2004:AGMUT)
Shifted from Delhi Police Academy (as Joint CP) to Joint CP, Armed Police.
MN Tiwari (IPS:2004:AGMUT)
Moved from Armed Police to Joint CP, Security.
Madhur Verma (IPS:2005:AGMUT)
On joining Delhi Police, appointed as Joint CP, Central Range.
AV Deshpande (IPS:2006:AGMUT)
Retains Joint CP, Operations (PCR & Communication) and gets additional charge of Licensing.
Nupur Prasad (IPS:2007:AGMUT)
Transferred from Joint CP, Licensing to Joint CP, EOW.
DANIPS Officers See District-Level Shifts–
Jagdev Singh (DANIPS:2014)
Transferred from Addl. DCP, Security (CDC) to Addl. DCP, East District (CDC).
Sunil (DANIPS:2014)
Moved from Addl. DCP, East District to Addl. DCP, North-West District (CDC).
Abhishek Gupta (DANIPS:2016)
Promoted from ACP, Model Town to Addl. DCP, Security (CDC).
Strategic Realignment for Enhanced Policing
The reshuffle aims to strengthen operational efficiency, plug critical gaps in investigation, administration, licensing, and public safety management within the Delhi Police structure. With the addition of senior and mid-level officers in key zones, the government expects better coordination and field responsiveness in the coming months.
