Major rejig in Delhi Police, two new districts created

In a major reshuffle, over half a dozen senior police officials of Delhi Police were on Tuesday assigned different districts, even as two new districts were carved out of the existing 11 in the national Capital.

With the creation of two new districts — Rohini and Shahdara — the tally has now gone up to 13. M N Tiwari, who was serving as deputy commissioner of police (Outer) that had Rohini as one of the sub-divisions will be now DCP (Rohini). DCP (East) Rishi Pal will be stepping into Tiwari’s shoes as DCP (Outer). Omvir Singh, who was serving as DCP (Anti-Corruption Branch) will be taking over from Pal as DCP (East).

Suvashis Choudhary, who is currently serving as DCP (Departmental Enquiry Cell) will be taking over Omvir Singh as DCP (ACB).

Nupur Prasad, who was serving as Additional DCP-I (South) has been promoted and will take over as DCP (Shahdara). Chinmoy Biswal, who is currently serving as Additional DCP-I (Central) will be taking over from Prasad. Anto Alphonse, a 2008-batch IPS officer who will be reporting to Delhi on transfer, will be replacing Biswal in central district.

In other key postings, Jatin Narwal, who had served as additional DCP-I (New Delhi) and also promoted as DCP of the same district last year, will take over as DCP (North) from Madhur Verma, who has been posted as DCP (Crime). Braja Kishore, who was DCP (Security) will be taking over from Narwal as DCP (New Delhi). 

Parwaiz Ahmed, who is currently posted as DCP (Security), will be assuming the charge of DCP (Railways).

Milind Dumbere was DCP (Railways) but after he was transferred to Northwest district as its DCP, Kumar Gyanesh, who is also serving as additional DCP-II (New Delhi), had been looking after the charge of DCP (Railways).

Santosh Kumar Meena, a 2010-batch IPS officer, who is reporting on transfer, will be assuming the charge of additional DCP-I of the newly-created Rohini district. Vivek Gogia will be assuming the charge of joint commissioner of police (Training). SBS Tyagi, who is currently posted as additional commissioner of police (Security) will be taking over as additional commissioner of police (Traffic). B S Gujjar, who had been looking after the charge of additional commissioner of police as Principal of Police Training College (PTC), is now the additional commissioner of police (Prime Minister’s Security).

Michi Paku, who has been serving as vice principal of PTC, Jharoda Kalan, will be taking over as the Principal of Police Training School (PTS) in Wazirabad. Nidhin Valsan, who has been serving as additional DCP-II (Outer) will take over additional DCP-II (Rohini). A K Lall, serving as additional DCP-II (East) will be taking over as additional DCP-II (Shahdara) while Susheel Kumar Singh will assume the charge of additional DCP-II (Central).