WB govt transfers 17 IPS, 6 WBPS officers; DK Singh posted as IG, IB, North Bengal

Kolkata: The West Bengal government Friday (September 25, 2026) transferred 17 IPS and six WBPS officers in a major reshuffle. Additional CP, Kolkata Devendra Prakash Singh has been transferred and posted as IG, IB, North Bengal, while Sudheer Kumar Neelankantam, currently IGP, STF, West Bengal, will replace him as Additional CP, Kolkata.

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

1. Devendra Prakash Singh (IPS:2002:WB), Additional CP, Kolkata, has been transferred and posted as IG, IB, North Bengal.
2. Neeloo Sherpa (Chakrabarty) (IPS:2005:WB), IGP, SCRB, has been transferred and posted as IGP, WBPHIDCL.
3. Shankha Shubhra Chakraborty (IPS:2006:WB), IG, Home Guard, has been transferred and posted as IGP, SCRB.
4. Sudheer Kumar Neelankantam (IPS:2007:WB), IGP, STF, has been transferred and posted as Additional CP, Kolkata.
5. Sukhendu Hira (IPS:2009:WB), DIG (Security), has been transferred and posted as Jt. CP (Security), Kolkata.
6. Dr. Bholanath Pandey (IPS:2011:WB), DIG, IB, has been transferred and posted as Jt. CP, Traffic, Kolkata.
7. Surya Pratap Yadav (IPS:2011:WB), Jt. CP (Traffic), Kolkata, has been transferred and posted as DIG, IB.
8. Debarshi Dutta (IPS:2011:WB), DIG, WBPHIDCL, has been transferred and posted as Jt. CP, Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate.
9. Nima Norbu Bhutia (IPS:2013:WB), CO, SAP, 10th Battalion, has been transferred and posted as SS, CID.
10. Dhritiman Sarkar (IPS:2014:WB), SS, IB, has been transferred and posted as SS, CID, Malda.
11. Wangden Bhutia (IPS:2015:WB), CO, 2nd IR. Bn, Siliguri, has been transferred and posted as SS, CID.
12. Dr. Hossain Mehedi Rehman (IPS:2016:WB), SS, IB, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Director, SVSPA.
13. Arish Bilal (IPS:2016:WB), SS, CID, Malda, has been transferred and posted as SS, CID.
14. Soumyadip Bhattacharya (IPS:2017:WB), CO, SAP 1st Bn, has been transferred and posted as DC, Cyber-II, Kolkata.
15. Quazi Samsuddin Ahamed (IPS:2017:WB), DC, Traffic, Siliguri PC, has been transferred and posted as DC, DD, Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate.
16. Kuntal Banerjee (IPS:2019:WB), CO, SAP 4th Bn, has been transferred and posted as DC, Barrackpore Police Commissionerate.
17. Ms. Sparsha Nilangi (IPS:2020:WB), DC, EB, Kolkata, has been transferred and posted as DC, DD, Kolkata.
18. Kaustuvdipta Acharya (WBPS:2009), Addl SP (Ops), Darjeeling, has been transferred and posted as Addl SP, Jaigaon, Alipurduar.
19. Salima Lama (WBPS:2009), Dy. CO, IR 2nd Bn, Siliguri, has been transferred and posted as Addl SP (HQ), Alipurduar.
20. Purnima Sherpa (WBPS:2009), Dy. CO, SAP 12th Bn, has been transferred and posted as Addl SP, Kalimpong.
21. Abhisek Ray (WBPS:2010), Addl. SP (Rural), Malda, has been transferred and posted as Addl. SP, Birbhum (with HQ at Bolpur).
22. Manabendra Das (WBPS:2010), Addl. SP, Birbhum (with HQ at Bolpur), has been transferred and posted as Addl. SP, Mathabhanga, Cooch Behar.
23. Kunal Barnabas (WBPS:2011), Addl. SP, Kalimpong, has been transferred and posted as Addl. SP (Rural), Malda.

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