Overview
- On Wednesday, July 1, Bihar issued a large notification moving 12 IPS officers and 53 DSPs across districts, headquarters and specialised units while West Bengal ordered promotions and transfers for 15 senior IPS and WBPS officers.
- Bihar’s list redeployed officers into units such as the Economic Offences Unit, Special Branch, Bihar Police Academy and district headquarters and also assigned temporary staff-officer charges to eight ASPs.
- A contested posting in Bihar returned former Jagdishpur SDPO Rajesh Kumar Sharma to active duty after he had been attached to police headquarters earlier in June following his name appearing in an FIR in the Bhojpur killing; judicial and police inquiries are still pending.
- Pankaj Kumar Darad was moved from the Special Vigilance Unit to become ADG-cum-Managing Director of the Bihar Police Building Construction Corporation after he submitted a chargesheet in a high-profile tender-scandal case.
- Civil-society groups and opposition parties say the timing and choice of postings could disrupt ongoing probes and weaken public trust while officials describe the changes as routine administrative reorganisation that aims to strengthen operational efficiency.