New Delhi: Large scale transfers have been made in the police department in Bihar. In the order issued on October 11, the Home Department has posted 27 officers of Bihar Police Service at new places. This includes Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) and DSP level officers. In this list, changes have also been made in important units like Special Branch, STF, Surveillance and Cyber Crime.
Government's special focus on cyber crime
This time the government has paid special attention to cyber crime during transfers. In view of the increasing cases of online fraud, new cyber DSPs have been deployed in many districts. Naveen Kumar has been made Cyber DSP of Madhubani, while Manish Chandra Choudhary has got the responsibility of Madhepura. Deepak Kumar has been asked to handle cyber crime in Muzaffarpur city and Mohd. Faisal Chand has been sent to the same post in Saran district. Now the investigation of cases related to cyber crime in these districts will be in the hands of these officers.
Changes in big units of Patna also
There has been a reshuffle in many important posts in the capital Patna also. Sanjay Kumar Jha has been posted as ASP in the Surveillance Investigation Bureau. Ajay Kumar Singh has been made ASP of Special Task Force i.e. STF, while Surendra Kumar Singh has been sent to Prohibition and State Narcotics Control Bureau.
Apart from this, after promotion, Rampukar Singh has been made ASP of Bihar Special Armed Police-14, Patna. Bhaskar Ranjan, who was earlier in Railway Patna, will now be SDPO in Dumraon, Buxar. Ashish Raj has been given the responsibility of SDPO-2 in Masaurhi, Patna.
What is the order?
The Home Department has said that all the officers should join their new place as soon as possible. The officers who have been replaced by new officers and have not been posted anywhere else, will hand over their charge and report to the Police Headquarters, Patna. The government says that the purpose of this reshuffle is to further strengthen law and order in the districts, but how much its impact will be visible on the ground will be known only by the work of the officers in the coming days.