In a big flip of occasions, senior IPS officer Gurpreet Singh Bhullar has been introduced again right into a key operational position in Punjab’s strategically delicate border belt, barely weeks after he was abruptly shifted as Commissioner of Police, Amritsar.
Bhullar has been posted as Inspector Basic of Police, Border Vary, which contains Amritsar Rural, Batala, Gurdaspur and Pathankot and covers a big stretch of the worldwide border with Pakistan.
The posting assumes significance as Bhullar was eliminated as Amritsar Police Commissioner on August 7 and requested to report back to the workplace of the Director Basic of Police, Punjab. His sudden switch had come amid an issue over a media briefing regarding an alleged Pakistan-based terror module.
Harmanbir Singh Gill, who had been given the extra cost of Commissioner of Police, Amritsar, following Bhullar’s switch, has now been given the complete cost of the publish.
The controversy surrounding Bhullar had erupted after parts of a press convention addressed by him on August 4 have been circulated on social media. The posts allegedly appeared that an alleged ISI-backed terror module busted by the Amritsar Commissionerate Police was linked to protesters at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.
The Punjab Police subsequently clarified that there was no affiliation between the protesters and the fear module.
In line with the police, Bhullar had said that a few of the arrested suspects had visited Jantar Mantar, performed reconnaissance and allegedly deliberate to focus on the protesters with petrol bombs. He had, nonetheless, not said that the suspects have been a part of the protests or that the protesters had hyperlinks with the fear module.
The police had stated selectively edited parts of the press convention, together with captions and visuals, had distorted its context. It had additionally introduced authorized motion below the Data Know-how Act towards these answerable for circulating the posts.
A day after the controversy, Bhullar was shifted from the Amritsar Commissionerate and directed to report back to the DGP’s workplace, whereas Harmanbir Singh Gill was given the extra cost of Police Commissioner, Amritsar.
The switch had additionally triggered a political controversy, with the BJP questioning the timing of the transfer and linking it to Bhullar’s disclosure of particulars of the alleged terror conspiracy.
Bhullar’s return to the border belt comes at a time when Punjab’s worldwide border continues to stay a key safety problem, notably in view of cross-border drug and arms smuggling and using drones.
Main IPS reshuffle
The state authorities has additionally ordered a reshuffle of a number of IPS officers.
SSP Mansa Bhagirath Singh Meena has been transferred and posted as AIG, Personnel-1, CPO, Punjab, changing Suhail Qasim Mir. Mir has been posted as SSP, Bathinda.
Varun Sharma, who was posted as SSP, Patiala, has been transferred as SSP, Mohali, changing Harmandeep Singh Hans. Hans has been posted as SSP, Patiala.
SSP Bathinda Jyoti Yadav has been shifted and posted as Commandant, 82nd Battalion PAP, Chandigarh. Vaibhav Choudhary, SP Headquarters, Patiala, has been posted as SSP, Mansa, changing Meena.
12 PPS officers transferred
Aside from the IPS officers, the federal government has ordered the switch and posting of 12 PPS officers with quick impact on administrative grounds.
Harkamalpreet Singh Khakh, AIG, NRI, Jalandhar, who was additionally holding further cost as Commandant, ISTC, Kapurthala, and Commandant, seventh Battalion PAP, Jalandhar, has been posted as SSP, Malerkotla, changing Gurmit Singh. Gurmit Singh has been posted as Commandant, ISTC, Kapurthala.
Balwinder Singh, Commandant, 82nd Battalion PAP, Chandigarh, has been posted as AIG, Legislation and Order, Punjab, towards a vacant publish.
SSP Pathankot Daljinder Singh Dhillon has been posted as Zonal AIG, CID, Jalandhar, changing Rajeshwar Singh, who has been posted as Commandant, seventh Battalion PAP, Jalandhar.
Manpreet Singh, SP Investigation, Sangrur, has been posted as SSP, Pathankot.
In different modifications, Harpal Singh, who was below switch as DCP Investigation, Jalandhar, will proceed as DCP Investigation, Ludhiana.
Parvinder Kaur, SP PBI, Tarn Taran, has been posted as ADCP, Particular Department, Amritsar, changing Harpal Singh, who has been posted as AIG, CID, Amritsar, towards a vacant publish.
Talwinder Singh Gill, who was below switch as SP Cyber Crime-1, Punjab, SAS Nagar, has now been posted as SP, Intelligence Wing, Punjab, SAS Nagar.
Ramandeep Singh, who was below switch as SP Headquarters, Hoshiarpur, has been posted as SP Site visitors, SAS Nagar, changing Navneet Kaur Gill. Gill has been posted as SP Particular Department, Hoshiarpur.
The officers have been directed to affix their new locations of posting instantly.
