Chandigarh: The Punjab government on Saturday (November 9, 2026) promoted four senior IPS officers of the 1995 batch to the rank of Director General of Police (DGP) and ordered the transfers and postings of seven senior police officers.
According to the order issued by the Department of Home Affairs, Promod Ban (IPS:1995:PB), MF Farooqui (IPS:1995:PB), Amit Prasad (IPS:1995:PB) and G Nageswara Rao (IPS:1995:PB) have been promoted to the DGP rank in Level 16 of the pay matrix.
Following the promotions, the Punjab government has assigned new postings to the four officers. Promod Ban has been posted as Special DGP, Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF), Chandigarh. MF Farooqui has been appointed Special DGP, State Armed Police (SAP), Jalandhar Cantt, while Amit Prasad has been posted as Special DGP, Counter Intelligence, Punjab.
G. Nageswara Rao has been appointed Special DGP, Provisioning, Punjab, with the additional charge of Special DGP, Modernisation, Punjab.
In other changes, Dr Jitendra Kumar Jain (IPS:1993:PB), who was serving as Special DGP, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), Patiala, has been posted as Special DGP, Railways, Punjab. He will also continue to hold the charge of Special DGP, PSPCL, Patiala.
Anita Punj (IPS:1994:PB), who was serving as Special DGP, Human Resource Development and Welfare, Punjab, Chandigarh, has been posted as Special DGP, Human Rights, Punjab, while continuing to hold the charge of Special DGP, Human Resource Development and Welfare, Punjab.
Meanwhile, Gautam Cheema (IPS:1995:PB) has been posted as Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Law and Order, Punjab.
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