Tezzbuzz Desk- Bihar government has made a major administrative reshuffle in the police department and transferred 18 IPS officers. In this change, Siwan SP Puran Kumar Jha has been removed from the post and placed in waiting for posting. In his place, 2019 batch IPS officer Bharat Soni has been made the new Superintendent of Police of Siwan.
Puran Kumar Jha was in the news after the incident of firing from AK-47 during student demonstration in Siwan. Meanwhile, he has been transferred by the government. The special thing is that a day before, Siwan DM Vivek Ranjan Maitreya was also removed from the post and sent to waiting for posting. That means now both the DM and SP of the district have been changed.
Siwan's new SP Bharat Soni is a 2019 batch IPS officer. Before this he was posted in Nalanda. Now he has been entrusted with the responsibility of law and order of Siwan.
Puran Kumar Jha came into limelight when the case of police firing with AK-47 during a student protest came to light. Questions were raised on the police action regarding this incident. Now the government has removed him from the post of SP of Siwan and has kept him in waiting for posting.
Bhojpur SP Mr. Raj also gets new responsibility
Bhojpur SP Mr. Raj's name is also included in the transfer list. Now he has been made the new SP of Rohtas. Mr. Raj was also in controversies after the case of Bharat Tiwari's death in Bhojpur. The brother of the deceased had made serious allegations against the SP, although different sides had come forward regarding the matter.
With Bhojpur SP being sent to Rohtas, changes have also been made in the police system of Rohtas. The police administration was already in the news after the incident of murder of an officer in the district. In such a situation, this reshuffle of the government is being considered important.
Bihar government had also transferred 17 IAS officers late on Monday night. In this, Siwan DM Vivek Ranjan Maitreya was removed and kept in waiting for posting. The District Magistrate has also been changed in Bhojpur. Manoj Kumar Meena has been made the new DM of Bhojpur in place of Tanay Sultania.
Many IPS officers got new responsibilities
According to the government order, 2010 batch IPS officer Anil Kumar has been removed from the post of DIG of Finance and Technical Services and made DIG of Prohibition and NNTF. Whereas Mrityunjay Kumar Choudhary has been made DIG of Civil Defense from Surveillance Investigation Bureau.
2012 batch IPS officer Rajiv Ranjan-II has been removed from the post of Human Rights DIG and given the responsibility of Special Monitoring Unit. Ajay Kumar Pandey has been removed from Prohibition and NNTF and made DIG of Finance and Technical Services.
Apart from this, Amir Javed has been removed from the Weaker Section and Women Cell and has been given the responsibility of DIG in Surveillance Investigation Bureau. Mithilesh Kumar has been removed from the post of SP of EOU and made the Commandant of BSAP-9, Jamalpur. Sushil Kumar has been given the additional charge of DIG Human Rights.
In Bihar, massive changes have been seen in the administrative and police departments due to large-scale transfer of IAS and IPS officers in two consecutive days.