CID ADG Supratim Sarkar among 28 IPS officers transferred in major West Bengal Police rejig

Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Tuesday transferred 28 IPS officers, including Additional Director General of CID Supratim Sarkar, and five WBPS officers in a major reshuffle of the state's police top brass, an official notification said.

Sarkar was posted as ADG, Telecommunications.

IPS officer N R Babu, who held the post of director general of the Correctional Services, will now be the DG and IGP, CID, it said.


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Amit Kumar Rathod will replace Tripurari Atharv as the new commissioner of Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate, the order said.

The Election Commission had, prior to the West Bengal assembly polls in April this year, transferred Sarkar from the post of Kolkata Police Commissioner.

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K Jayraman, who was the ADG North Bengal, will be posted as the director of the Directorate of Economic Offences, the notification said.