In a significant reshuffle of the Delhi Police, 36 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers and five Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Service (DANIPS) officers have been transferred or posted to new roles. The move was ordered by the Home Department of the Government of National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, following recommendations from the Police Establishment Board, with immediate effect.


According to an order copy shared by news agency ANI, the following are the IPS Officers transferred:



  • Nabam Gungte, IPS (2003) – From Joint Commissioner of Police (CP), Armed Police, to Joint CP, Special Unit for Women and Children (SPUWAC) & SPUNER.

  • Veenu Bansal, IPS (2004) – Posted as Joint CP, Security.

  • Mahender Nath Tiwari, IPS (2004) – Posted as Joint CP, Armed Police.

  • Suman Goyal, IPS (2005) – Transferred from Joint CP, R.P. Bhawan to Joint CP, HQ.

  • Vijay Kumar, IPS (2007) – Assigned as Additional CP, Delhi Police Housing Corporation Ltd.

  • Sanjay Kumar Tyagi, IPS (2008) – Appointed Additional CP, Tech. & PI (with additional charge of Public Relations Officer for Delhi Police).

  • Monika Bhaardwaj, IPS (2009) – Assigned Additional CP, Traffic.

  • Amit Roy, IPS (2009) – Appointed Additional CP, Security.

  • S.K. Tewari, IPS (2009) – Moved from Additional CP, Security to Additional CP, Licensing.

  • Satya Vir Katara, IPS (2010) – Transferred from Additional CP, Recruitment to Additional CP, Traffic.

  • Rakesh Kumar, IPS (2010) – Moved from Additional CP, Security to Additional CP, Armed Police.

  • Mohd. Akhtar Rizvi, IPS (2011) – Assigned as Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Security.

  • Sunil Kumar, IPS (2011) – Transferred from DCP, West to DCP, South West.

  • Ranjit Singh, IPS (2011) – Appointed DCP, North East.

  • Anil Kumar, IPS (2012) – Moved from DCP, South to DCP, North.

  • Deepak Kumar, IPS (2013) – Assigned DCP, Central.

  • Kiran Bansal, IPS (2013) – Posted as DCP, Outer North.

  • Ajay Kumar, IPS (2013) – Appointed DCP, South East.

  • Niraj Kumar, IPS (2014) – Moved from DCP, East to DCP, West.

  • Alok Kumar, IPS (2014) – Transferred to DCP, North West.

  • Ashok Kumar, IPS (2015) – Assigned DCP, New Delhi.

  • Rajesh Choudhary, IPS (2015) – Posted as DCP, Shahdara.

  • Suresh Chander, IPS (2016) – Appointed DCP, North District.

  • Inderjeet Singh, IPS (2016) – Moved to DCP, East District.

  • Prashant Kumar, IPS (2017) – Transferred to DCP, South District.

  • Mahesh Kumar, IPS (2017) – Assigned DCP, Dwarka District.

  • Parvinder Singh, IPS (2018) – Posted as DCP, Rohini District.

  • Rajeev Ranjan, IPS (2018) – Assigned DCP, North West District.

  • Satendra Singh, IPS (2019) – Moved from DCP, South East to DCP, New Delhi District.

  • Devender Singh, IPS (2019) – Posted as DCP, South West District.

  • Dilip Kumar, IPS (2020) – Assigned DCP, Outer District.

  • Rajesh Kumar, IPS (2020) – Transferred to DCP, East District.

  • Suraj Singh, IPS (2021) – Posted as DCP, West District.

  • Sanjay Kumar, IPS (2021) – Assigned DCP, North District.

  • Ashish Kumar, IPS (2022) – Moved from DCP, Central to DCP, South District.

  • Harish Kumar, IPS (2022) – Appointed DCP, North East District.


Following are the DANIPS Officers transferred:



  • Anyesh Roy, DANIPS (2006) – Reposted as DCP, Vigilance.

  • Pankaj Kumar, DANIPS (2009) – Transferred to DCP, Police Control Room (PCR).

  • Sanjay Kumar, DANIPS (2009) – Moved to DCP, 7th Battalion, Delhi Armed Police.

  • Ram Dulesh Meena, DANIPS (2012) – Appointed DCP, Operations.

  • Deependra Kumar Singh, DANIPS (2014) – Transferred to Additional DCP, Shahdara District (with additional charge of current duty).


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MHA Transferred 78 IAS And IPS Officers In September


This move comes after the Ministry of Home Affairs in September ordered the transfer of 78 IAS and IPS officers from the AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory) cadre. Among the 45 IPS officers moved from Delhi, five were district Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) of Delhi Police. The reshuffle also affected 33 IAS officers, with several being reassigned across various states and Union Territories, Times Of India reported.


Additionally, 32 officers of DANICS (Delhi-Andaman and Nicobar Island Civil Service) and DANIPS were also been transferred to different regions.


Meanwhile, Delhi Police has prohibited protests and the gathering of five or more persons in the central and bordering areas of the city for the next six days, citing law and order issues. 


Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora directed the imposition of section 163 (which was earlier section 144 of CrPC) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita in the districts of New Delhi, North and Central, and all police stations jurisdiction which are bordering other states. The prohibitory order will remain effective till October 5, the order stated