Jharkhand Police has undergone a significant reshuffle involving several IPS officers across key positions. Manoj Kaushik, currently serving as ADG in the Crime Investigation Department (CID), has been given additional charge of ADG Headquarters.
Pankaj Kamboj, Managing Director of Jharkhand Police Housing Corporation, will now also serve as IG (Human Rights). Narendra Kumar Singh has been appointed IG (Operations) and will additionally oversee Palamu.
Among other senior-level postings, Shailendra Kumar Sinha has been made IG Bokaro, Michaelraj S as IG Railways, Sunil Bhaskar as IG Jharkhand Armed Police (JAP), and Kranti Kumar Gedideshi as IG Vigilance-cum-Security in the Electricity Board.
At the district level, Aman Kumar has been posted as SP Hazaribagh, Praveen Pushkar in Deoghar, Nathu Singh Meena in Bokaro, and Kapil Chaudhary in Palamu. Nidhi Dwivedi takes charge as SP Seraikela-Kharsawan, Mukesh Kumar Lunayat in Ramgarh, and Shambhu Kumar Singh in Jamtara.
Further appointments include Anudeep Singh as SP Pakur, Ashutosh Shekhar in Garhwa, and Rishabh Garg in Khunti. Sumit Kumar Agarwal has been posted as SP, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), while Rajkumar Mehla will head the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS).
Divyansh Shukla has been appointed SDPO Hussainabad, Raghavendra Sharma as SDPO Patratu, and Syed Mustafa Hasmi as SDPO Chakradharpur. Nikhil Rai has been posted as ASP Kotwali, Ranchi.
The reshuffle is aimed at enhancing policing efficiency and strengthening law enforcement across the state.