Rajasthan: 66 IPS officers transferred, including 20 SPs

JAIPUR: The state government on Friday evening transferred 66 IPS officers in the state, including 20 SPs of various districts.
The transfer order, which had been in the pipeline for a while, came just a day after the order for IAS officials was issued.
The transfer included appointment of M L Lather, who was holding the post of DG (Law and Order), as DG Crime Branch, which was earlier held by B L Soni who has now been appointed as DG Jail.
Rajeev Kumar Sharma, who was ADG Personnel, has been appointed as ADG-cum-Director of Rajasthan Police Academy. Saurabh Srivastava has been appointed as ADG Law and Order, Jaipur, after being relieved from the post of ADG Anti-Corruption Bureau. Apart from this, Govind Gupta, ADG Vigilance, will now take over as ADG (Recruitment and Promotion), and will be replaced by Biju George Joseph in one-on-one transfer.
Vijay Kumar Singh will take over from Vishal Bansal as IGP (CID CB).
In the major reshuffle, Prafulla Kumar, who was holding the post of Commissioner of Police, Jodhpur, has been transferred as IGP Bikaner Range, and will be replaced by Jose Mohan, who was earlier the IGP Bikaner.
Ajay Pal Lamba, who was ADG Law and Order, Jaipur, has been given the post of ADG Crime, Jaipur, to replace Ashok Gupta. Lamba will be replaced by Rahul Prakash, who was DCP Traffic, Jaipur.
Haider Ali Zaidi, SP of Bharatpur district will take over as DIG Intelligence, Jaipur. He will be replaced by Amandeep Singh Kapoor who was SP Bhiwadi.
Priti Chandra has been transferred from DCP (West) Jodhpur as SP Bhilwara. Her husband, Nagaur SP Vikas Pathak will take over as SP CID (Human Rights). The other SPs include transfers from Churu, Alwar, Karauli, Dholpur, Banswara, Sirohi, Jaisalmer, Tonk, Kota Rural, Jalore, Dausa, Jhalawar and others.
Praveen Gupta is new chief electoral officer
Two IAS officers have been transferred on Friday. Anand Kumar, who was the chief electoral officer (CEO) of the state, has been appointed principal secretary in-charge of revenue and Praveen Gupta, who was made principal secretary in-charge of tribal area development on Friday, was appointed CEO Rajasthan and principal secretary to the election department.