Punjab: 9 IPS officers transferred; Varinder Kumar posted as Spl DG, State Human Rights Commission

In a major bureaucratic development, the Punjab government on Saturday (03.05.2025) issued transfer and posting orders for nine IPS officers and one PPS officer. Senior IPS officer Varinder Kumar (IPS:1993:PB), who was awaiting posting, has been appointed as Special DGP, Punjab State Human Rights Commission, Chandigarh.

Praveen Kumar Sinha (IPS:1994:PB) will continue to serve as ADGP Intelligence and Chief Director, Vigilance Bureau, Punjab, while relinquishing his additional charge as ADGP NRI Affairs.

The names of the officers and their postings are as follows;

1. Varinder Kumar (IPS:1993:PB), awaiting posting orders, has been posted as Special DGP, Punjab State Human Rights Commission.
2. Praveen Kumar Sinha (IPS:1994:PB), ADGP, NRI with additional charge of posts of ADGP, Intelligence and Chief Director of Vigilance Bureau, has been transferred and posted as ADGP, Intelligence with additional charge of Chief Director of Vigilance Bureau.
3. RK Jaiswal (IPS:1997:PB), awaiting posting orders, has been posted as ADGP, NRI, SAS Nagar.
4. Kuldeep Singh Chahal (IPS:2009:PB), awaiting posting orders, has been posted as DIG, Technical Services.
5. Harjeet Singh (IPS:2010:PB), DIG, Bathinda Range, Bathinda, has been transferred and posted as DIG, Training with additional charge of DIG, Bathinda Range, Bathinda.
6. Nanak Singh (IPS:2011:PB), SSP, Patiala, will look after the work of DIG Patiala Range, Patiala on superannuation of Mandeep Singh Sidhu.
7. Varun Sharma (IPS:2014:PB), AIG, Provisioning, Chandigarh with additional charge of SSP, Sadak Surakshya Force, Chandigarh, has been transferred and posted as SSP, Patiala.
8. Tushar Gupta (IPS:2018:PB), awaiting posting orders, has been posted as AIG, Provisioning, Chandigarh with additional charge of SSP, Sadak Surakshya Force, Chandigarh.
9. Maninder Singh (IPS:2019:PB), SSP, Amritsar Rural, has been transferred and posted as AIG, Welfare, Chandigarh with additional charge of SSP, Amritsar Rural.
10. Karkamalpreet Singh Khakh (PPS), awaiting posting orders, has been posted as AIG, NRI, Jalandhar with additional charge of Commandant, ISTC, Kapurthala.