11 Delhi Police officers transferred after Jamia Millia crackdown
18 Dec 2019 08:48:48
NEW DELHI:
FOLLOWING the police crackdown against students in Jamia Millia Islamia, several Delhi Police officers, including Additional Police Commissioner of South-Eastern district Kumar Gyanesh have been transferred. The names of 10 more Delhi Police officers were also included in the transfer list released by the Home Department of the Delhi Government on Monday.
However, Delhi Police headquarters said that the transfers were “routine” ones. Information to this effect has been issued on Monday by the Deputy Secretary of the Home Department of the Government of Delhi. A total of 11 officers -- five IPS and six officers from DANIPS service of Delhi Police -- were mentioned in the transfer order issued. According to the order, among the 2010 batch IPS officers, Brijendra Kumar Yadav has been removed from DCP security and sent as Additional DCP-1 North West district. Pratap Singh, an IPS officer from 2011 batch, has been removed from the post of Additional DCP-1 in South-West District and sent to South-Eastern District.
While in the south-eastern district, Kumar Gyanesh, Additional DCP-1, DANIPS service, has been removed and posted in South-West district in place of Pratap Singh. It is noteworthy that Kumar Gyanesh was the additional DCP-1 when the violence took place in the Jamia Nagar and Jamia Millia Islamia on Sunday. Delhi Police insiders say that after the incident, Delhi Police removed him from the district with immediate effect to thwart questions being raised against it. Similarly, 2011-batch IPS officer Shankar Chaudhary has been removed as Additional DCP-PCR and given the charge of DCP-Traffic. Abhishek Dhania, a 2012-batch IPS officer, has been moved from DCP-Traffic and sent as Additional DCP-1 Eastern District. Vikram Harimohan Meena (2015 batch IPS) has been moved from Additional DCP South-West District to to DCP-Traffic.
10 held for CAA protests get MCR
NEW DELHI :
A DELHI court on Tuesday sent 10 people, arrested in connection with the protests against CAA near Jamia Millia Islamia University here, to judicial custody till December 31. Metropolitan Magistrate Kamran Khan earlier sent six of the 10 arrested people to judicial custody after police sought their custodial interrogation for 14 days.