Kolkata: In a significant development, Manoj Kumar Verma, a 1998-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, has been appointed as the new Commissioner of Kolkata Police, replacing Vineet Kumar Goyal.
He replaces Vineet Kumar Goyal, who has been transferred to the Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police as the Additional Director General (ADG).
On Monday night, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee fulfilled her promise to the junior doctors protesting over the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor at the R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in the state capital last month. She announced the replacement of Vineet Kumar Goyal, who has been transferred to the Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police as the Additional Director General (ADG).
Verma held the post of Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order), and Jawed Shamim will now fill that chair.
As announced by the Chief Minister on Monday, Deputy Commissioner (North Division) of Kolkata Police Abhishek Gupta has also been replaced. Gupta has been transferred as the Commanding Officer of the second battalion of the Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR). He will be replaced by Dipak Sarkar, currently posted as the Deputy Commissioner at the Siliguri Police Commissionerate.
The state government also announced two other significant changes in the state police. Gyanwant Singh, the Director of the Directorate of Economic Offense, has been transferred to the Intelligence Branch of the state police as the ADG. Tripurari Athrav, the erstwhile ADG (STF), will replace Singh.
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As per the Chief Minister’s promise, erstwhile Director of Medical Education Kaushik Nayak and Director of Health Services Debasish Halder have also been replaced.
While Nayak has been transferred as the Director of the Institute of Health and Family Welfare, Halder’s new position is Officer-on-Special Duty (Public Health) with the Health Department.
Swapan Soren will take over as Director of the Health Service (in charge), while Suprana Dutta will be the officer on Special Duty (Medical Education).
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–IANS
