Overview
- Orders issued on January 30–31 took effect as outgoing DGP Rajeev Kumar retired, installing 1993-batch IPS officer Peeyush Pandey as DGP in-charge.
- Supratim Sarkar was appointed Commissioner of Police, Kolkata, with Manoj Kumar Verma reassigned to Director, Security.
- Vineet Kumar Goyal moved to ADG, Law and Order with additional charge of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, while Jawed Shamim shifted to ADG, STF with Intelligence Branch responsibility.
- The state transferred or reassigned 22 IPS officers, including Praveen Kumar Tripathi to Barrackpore CP, Murli Dhar to Bidhannagar CP, Akash Magharia to Howrah CP, and Amit P. Javalgi to IGP, Burdwan Range.
- Officials cast the move as election-time security management as the permanent DGP selection remains unresolved, and opposition leaders have already criticized key appointments.