West Bengal Overhauls Police Leadership, Moves 28 IPS Officers Including CID's Supratim Sarkar The West Bengal government transferred 28 IPS officers, including CID ADG Supratim Sarkar, along with five WBPS officers in a major police reshuffle announced on Tuesday. The West Bengal government carried out a sweeping reshuffle at the top of its police hierarchy on Tuesday, transferring 28 IPS officers along with five officers of the West Bengal Police Service, or WBPS. The most notable name on the list is Supratim Sarkar, Additional Director General of Police in the Criminal Investigation Department, commonly known as the CID, who has now been handed a new assignment. In all, the postings of 33 officers were changed in the order issued by the state government. N.R. Babu takes charge of the CID IPS officer N.R. Babu, who until now served as Director General of Correctional Services, has been appointed the new Director General and Inspector General of Police, or DG and IGP, of the CID. He will also hold additional charge of DG, Correctional Services, meaning he will handle both responsibilities together. Supratim Sarkar, meanwhile, has been made ADG, Telecommunications, West Bengal. Notably, ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections held this April, the Election Commission had transferred Supratim Sarkar out of the post of Kolkata Police Commissioner, and he has now been given a fresh role in this post election reshuffle. Changes from Bidhannagar to the Economic Offences Wing Command of the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate now passes to IPS officer Amit Kumar Rathore, who takes over from Tripurari Atharva. Atharva has been given charge of ADG, Traffic and Road Safety. Separately, K. Jayaraman, who was ADG for the North Bengal region, has been appointed the new Director of the Directorate of Economic Offences, also referred to as the Economic Offences Wing. Full list of the 28 transferred IPS officers According to the order issued by the state government, the names and new postings of the 28 transferred IPS officers are as follows • Natarajan Ramesh Babu, IPS, DG and IGP, CID, West Bengal (with additional charge of DG, Correctional Services) • Supratim Sarkar, IPS, ADG, Telecommunications, West Bengal • K. Jayaraman, IPS, Director, Directorate of Economic Offences • Tripurari Atharva, IPS, ADG, Traffic and Road Safety • Anand Kumar, IPS, ADG and IGP, Western Zone • Vishal Garg, IPS, ADG and IGP, Intelligence Branch (IB) • Praveen Kumar Tripathi, IPS, IG, Home Guard • Sukesh Kumar Jain, IPS, IGP, North Bengal Region • Sudhir Kumar Neelakantam, IPS, IG, STF • Amit Kumar Bharat Rathore, IPS, Police Commissioner, Bidhannagar (DIG rank) • David Evan Lepcha, IPS, DIG, Raiganj Range • V.S.R. Anantnag, IPS, Joint Commissioner of Police (Administration), Kolkata (with additional charge of JCP STE) • Dinesh Kumar, IPS, DIG, Barasat Range (with additional charge of DIG, STF) • Pradeep Kumar Yadav, IPS, DC, Cyber, Kolkata • Arindam Sarkar, IPS, DC, East Division, Kolkata • Bishop Sarkar, IPS, Commandant, Narayani Battalion, Cooch Behar • Yelwad Srikant Jagannathrao, IPS, SP, Darjeeling • Pratiksha Jharkharia, IPS, DC, KAP First Battalion • Jaspreet Singh, IPS, SP, CCW, West Bengal • Amlan Kusum Ghosh, IPS, DC, North, Howrah Police Commissionerate (unchanged) • Soumyadeep Bhattacharya, IPS, Commandant, SAP First Battalion • Palash Chandra Dhali, IPS, Commandant, SSF, Barrackpore • Manish Joshi, IPS, SP, Cooch Behar • Amlan Ghosh, IPS, SP, STF, North Bengal • Rajeev Kumar, IPS, DC, STF, Kolkata • Siddharth Dhapola, IPS, SP, STF, West Bengal • Sameer Ahmed, IPS, Commandant, RAF Battalion, Dabgram (Siliguri) • Sparsha Nilangi, IPS, DC, EB, Kolkata Five WBPS officers also reassigned Besides the IPS officers, five officers of the West Bengal Police Service have also been transferred • Pinaki Dutta, WBPS, Additional Superintendent of Police (DIB), Baruipur • Soumik Sengupta, WBPS, Additional SP, CCW • Atish Biswas, WBPS, Additional SP (Zonal), Baruipur • Shyamal Kumar Mandal, WBPS, Additional SP (Rural), Purba Medinipur • Agniswar Chowdhury, WBPS, Additional SP (Zonal), Sundarban Police District What this means for you • Across India: This administrative reshuffle does not directly affect the wallets or daily life of readers outside West Bengal, but it shows how state governments rearrange police leadership after an election cycle. • In West Bengal: With new officers taking charge in areas like Bidhannagar, Kolkata, Darjeeling, Cooch Behar and Howrah, ongoing investigations, law and order and station level policing in these regions will now fall under different hands. Questions & Answers 1. Who has been made the new DG and IGP of the CID? N.R. Babu, or Natarajan Ramesh Babu, has been appointed DG and IGP of the CID, and he will also hold additional charge of DG, Correctional Services. 2. What new role has Supratim Sarkar been given? He has been appointed ADG, Telecommunications, West Bengal. 3. Who now commands the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate? Amit Kumar Rathore has been given charge of the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate in place of Tripurari Atharva. 4. When was this major reshuffle carried out? The West Bengal government carried out the reshuffle on Tuesday. 5. How many officers in total had their postings changed? A total of 33 officers, comprising 28 IPS officers and five West Bengal Police Service officers, had their postings changed. 6. Why did Supratim Sarkar previously leave the post of Kolkata Police Commissioner? Ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections held this April, the Election Commission had transferred him out of the post of Kolkata Police Commissioner. 7. Who is the new Director of the Directorate of Economic Offences? K. Jayaraman, who was ADG for the North Bengal region, has been appointed Director of the Directorate of Economic Offences. https://trendkia.com/en/west-bengal/bngala-pulisa-men-bara-pherabadala-supratim-sarkar-ko-mili-nai-jimmedari-28-aipiesa-aphasara-idhara-se-udhara-7657 TrendKia — Har trend, sabse pehle.