The Election Commission has ordered the transfer of 19 senior police officers in West Bengal today with immediate effect. The Commission has appointed 2012-batch IPS officer Pushpa as the Superintendent of Police (SP) of Barasat Police District. Meanwhile, 2013-batch IPS officer Ishani Paul has been appointed as SP of Diamond Harbour Police District, and 2013-batch officer Sachin has been made the SP of Murshidabad Police District. The Commission has also appointed Jaspreet Singh as the SP of Coochbehar and 2017-batch IPS officer Kumar Sunny Raj as the SP of Hooghly Rural. 1997-batch IPS Officer Dr Rajesh Kumar Singh has been appointed as ADG South Bengal, while K. Jayaraman has been appointed as ADG North Bengal. The commission has also posted 2003-batch IPS officer Dr Pranav Kumar as Police Commissioner of Asansol-Durgapur and 2005-batch IPS officer Akhilesh Kumar Chaturvedi as Police Commissioner of Howrah. 2009-batch IPS officer Amit Kumar Singh has been posted as Police Commissioner of Barrackpore, and IPS officer of the same batch, Sunil Kumar Yadav, has been appointed as Police Commissioner of Chandannagar.

Earlier, the Commission had transferred four senior IPS officers, including the DGP of West Bengal, yesterday.