Patna: In an administrative reshuffle aimed at strengthening law and order across the state, the state govt on Thursday transferred 27 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers and two Bihar Police Service (BPS) officers. The home department issued a notification detailing changes across several districts, police zones and specialised units.Among key postings in the state capital, Patna SP (West) Bhanu Pratap Singh has been appointed superintendent of police (SP), Khagaria, while Patna City SP (East) Parichay Kumar has been transferred as SP, Katihar. Mamta Kalyani has been posted as City SP (Central), Patna, and Patna Sadar SDPO Abhinav has been made City SP, Gaya.Other changes in Patna zone include Sanket Kumar as City SP (West), Patna, Shaileja as City SP (East), Patna, and Awadhesh Dixit as City SP, Bhagalpur.In district-level reshuffles, Kumar Gautam has been appointed SP, West Champaran (Bettiah), while Upendra Nath Verma has been shifted from Banka and posted as SP, Aurangabad. Amitesh Kumar, earlier SP (Security), Special Branch, Bihar, Patna, has been made SP of Banka.Shaurya Suman has been appointed senior superintendent of police (SSP), Purnia, while Vikram Sinha has been transferred as SP, Saharsa. Himanshu, previously SP of Saharsa, has been posted as SP, Sheikhpura. Vaibhav Sharma has been made SP, Kaimur, and Kota Kiran Kumar has been transferred as SP, Jehanabad.Several officers have also been assigned to specialised units. Khagaria SP Rakesh Kumar has been posted as Commandant, Bihar Special Armed Police-5, Patna, while Kaimur SP Harimohan Shukla has been made Commandant, Bihar Special Armed Police-7, Katihar. Jehanabad SP Arwajit Sen has been transferred as Commandant, Bihar Special Armed Police-16, Patna.In training and institutional postings, Aurangabad SP Ambrish Rahul has been appointed assistant director, Bihar Police Academy, Rajgir, while Manoj Ram has been made principal of Police Training School, Nathnagar.
