Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday ordered a significant reshuffle in the police administration, transferring and posting seven IPS and 14 JKPS officers in the interest of administration.
According to an order under number 484-Home of 2025, issued by the Home Department, a copy of which lies with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Abdul Ghani Mir, IPS (AGMUT:1994), awaiting orders of posting, has been appointed as Commandant General, Home Guards, Civil Defence, and SDRF, J&K, relieving Alok Kumar, IPS of the additional charge.
Among other key transfers, Mohd. Yaseen Kichloo, IPS (AGMUT:2013), has been transferred from SSP CICE Jammu and posted as Principal STC Talwara, while Shobhit Saxena, IPS (AGMUT:2015), SSP Kathua, has been appointed as SSP Security, J&K.
Tanushree, IPS (AGMUT:2017), serving as SP SIA HQ, has been transferred as SSP Pulwama, replacing P.D. Nitya, IPS, whereas Sahil Sarangal, IPS (AGMUT:2017), has been posted as SSP Handwara, succeeding Mushtaq Ahmad.
Mohita Sharma, IPS (AGMUT:2017), AIG Provisions, has been appointed as SSP Kathua, replacing Saxena and Anayat Ali Choudhary, IPS (AGMUT:2017), has been transferred as SSP Kulgam, succeeding Sahil Sarangal.
In the JKPS cadre, several officers have also been reassigned. Mohd Arif Rishu has been posted as Director CTC Lethpora, Benam Tosh as Deputy Director SKPA Udhampur and Harmeet Singh Mehta as Commandant 13 IR.
Other notable transfers include Javid Iqbal as AIG CT & Intelligence, Mohd Fiesel Qureshi as SSP EOW Jammu, Ramnish Gupta as SSP CICE Jammu, Aijaz Ahmed Zargar as SSP Bandipora, and Mushtaq Ahmad as SSP Shopian.
Additionally, several awaiting officers, including Ashiq Hussain Tak, Owaise Rashid, Sarfaraz Bashir Ganai, Gh. Mustafa Bhat, Shahzada Kabir Mattoo, and Ashish Gupta, have been assigned to various battalion posts in the IRP and JKAP units.
The order, signed by Chandraker Bharti, IAS Principal Secretary to the Government, stated that the transfers and postings come into effect immediately—(KNO)
