O P Singh (IPS:1992:HY) has been appointed to the chief minister’s office as special officer (community policing and outreach) on Tuesday. Singh is presently posted as additional director general of police (human rights and litigation).
In his over 25 years in the police force, he has served as superintendent of police (SP) in five districts, police commissioner of Ambala-Panchkula and inspector general of police (IGP) in Rewari and Hisar ranges. He played a key role in framing of rules for Prevention of Money Laundering Act during his four-year stint from 2004-2007 in the Union finance ministry.He is credited with having registered and investigated first-ever case under India’s anti-money laundering law.
The Bihar government on Tuesday placed under suspension the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Muzaffarpur district, Vivek Kumar, after the Special Vigilance Unit (SVU) raided his official residence in the town and premises linked to him in several other places revealed traces of disproportionate assets.
The simultaneous raids began at the official residence of SSP in Muzaffarpur, his paternal place in Kanpur and his in-laws’ houses in Muzaffarnagar and Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh on Monday noon.
Sources said unaccounted for cash of Rs 6.25 lakh and jewellery worth Rs 5.5 lakh were recovered at the Muzaffarpur residence along with documents indicating possession of landed property and other assets. Besides, Rs 45,000 in old currency notes were also found in his residence.
The 2007 batch Bihar cadre IPS officer, Vivek, and his wife Nidhi Karnwal are accused of amassing disproportionate assets 300% more than the known sources of their income.
Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday appointed former UP DGP Brij Lal as chairman of the Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Brij Lal, a 1977 batch IPS officer, who joined the BJP in January 2015, was considered close to BSP chief Mayawati and had served on prime postings, including the top post in police, during the BSP rule.
The Supreme Court in its remarkable judgment upheld the decision of the Central government to do away with the Limited Competitive Examination (LCE) recruitment. The examination was used to make appointments to the Indian Police Service (IPS). The apex court observed that the decision has been taken in the ‘larger public interest’.
LCE was introduced in 2012 by the UPSC for filling up posts in the IPS through an amendment of the Indian Police Service (Recruitment) Amended Rules, 2011. The LCE was to operate alongside the normal mode of recruitment. The Commission conducted written tests and interviews but didn’t publish the results till date. The 2011 amendment was challenged by multiple petitions in different high courts. Some of the high courts, such as Delhi and Guwahati upheld the sanctity and validity of the amendment.
In January 2018, the Union Government decided to scrap the LCE and requested Supreme Court to transfer all the cases related to LCE to itself. The three-judge bench was constituted to look into the LCE case. The judges included Justice Madan, Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice Deepak Gupta. The three-judge bench upheld the decision of the Union Government.
The apex court believed that the government’s decision to scrap LCE is done keeping larger public interest in mind. The bench looked into the decision in a holistic manner and concluded that there was no case of mala fide intentions.
Bengaluru: On the directions of the Election Commission of India, the State government has effected a major reshuffle of IAS and IPS officers holding crucial posts in the elections process in Karnataka.
The State government has transferred deputy commissioners of three districts, who are also district election officers, three additional DEOs in Bengaluru city, police commissioners of two commissionarates and a superintendent of police.
The three districts to get new deputy commissioners are Mysuru, Tumakuru and Bidar. In Mysuru, Darpan Jain will replace K.B. Shivakumar in Mysuru. Similarly, R. Vishal will replace Mohan Raj K.P. in Tumakuru, while Anirudh Sravan P. will replace H.R. Mahadev in Bidar district.
In Bengaluru, three additional district electoral officers (ADEO) have been replaced. Pommala Sunil Kumar will replace Vasanthi Amar as ADEO of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)- North; Nitesh Patil will replace Vishwanath as ADEO BBMP South; and Nalini Atul will replace M.V. Savithri as ADEO BBMP Central.
Focussing on crucial machineries in preventing election related malpractices, the State government has replaced Excise Commissioner M Manjunath Naik with senior IAS officer Munish Moudgil and appointed Naveen Raj Singh as the Transport Commissioner.
Among the six IPS officers transferred across the State, M. Chandrashekar will be the new Police Commissioner of Belagavi city, replacing D.C. Rajappa, while Vipul Kumar will take over as Police Commissioner Mangaluru city, replacing T.R. Suresh. C. Vamsi Krishna has been posted as new Superintendent of Police of Bagalkot district, replacing C.B. Ryshyanth.
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