Following the recent fire incident at a gaming zone in Rajkot, the Gujarat government, in concurrence with the Election Commission of India, has reshuffled six IPS officers.
The names of the officers and their postings as follows;
- Raju Bhargava (IPS:1995:GJ), Commissioner of Police, Rajkot City, has been transferred and kept on waiting for posting.
- Brajesh Kumar Jha (IPS:1999:GJ), Special Commissioner of Police, Sector-2, Ahmedabad City, has been transferred and appointed as Commissioner of Police, Rajkot City.
- Vidhi Choudhary (IPS:2009:GJ), Additional Commissioner of Police (Administration, Traffic and Crime), Rajkot City, has been transferred and kept on waiting for posting.
- Mahendra Bagria (IPS:2010:GJ), Deputy Inspector General of Police, Kutchch-Bhuj (West), has been transferred and appointed as Additional Commissioner of Police (Administration, Traffic and Crime), Rajkot City.
- Dr Sudhirkumar J Desai (IPS:2012:GJ), Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone-2, Rajkot City, has been transferred and kept on waiting for posting.
- Jagdish Bangarwa (IPS:2019:GJ), Superintendent, Central Prison, Vadodara, has been transferred and appointed as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone-2, Rajkot City.