Gandhinagar: State Police chief, Director General of Police Ashish Bhatia is down with Covid-19 infection. He is suffering from mild symptoms of Covid infection and taking rest at his residence. Additional charge of his post has been handed over to year 1985 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer TS Bist who is DGP of Administration. In another news, Minister of State for Home, Harsh Sanghavi has also been tested covid positive today. DeshGujaratRead More

Gandhinagar: Seven Gujarat cadre IPS of year 2004-2006-2007 batches are given promotions to DIG rank. Deepan Bhadran (2007 batch) has been promoted to DIG rank with his transfer to Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Gujarat. Bhadran is presently the Superintendent of Police for Jamnagar district. Other IPS officers DH Parmar (2004 batch), ML Ninama (2006 batch), Superintendent of CID Crime Saurabh Tolumbia(2007 batch) , Makarand Chauhan(2007 batch) , RM Pande(2007 batch) and Parixita Rathod (20...Read More

Gandhinagar: Retired IPS officer of Gujarat cadre Harikrishna Patel will soon join ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Patel, a 1999-batch IPS officer is native of Amreli district. He attended BJP's public function in Amreli in presence of Gujarat BJP president CR Patil on the stage. Patel retired from the police force in June 2021 as Inspector General of Police (Vadodara range).Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat cadre officer of Indian Police Service (IPS) Atul Karwal has been appointed the new Director General (DG) of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF). Karwal is presently heading Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in Hyderabad. Atul Karwal is an IPS officer of 1988 batch, borne on Gujarat cadre. Born on 04.03.1964, Shri Karwal is B.E. (Mechanical Engg.) and M.B.A. He served as Superintendent of Police Valsad, Rajkot Rural, Porbandar, Junagadh, Mehsana Distr...Read More

New Delhi: Gujarat cadre officer of Indian Police Service (IPC) Rakesh Asthana has been appointed new Commissioner of Police of Delhi. Asthana is presently serving as Director General of India's Border Security Force (BSF). Asthana had served as Police Commissioner of Surat city in Gujarat in the past among other posts in the state. DeshGujaratRead More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat government today evening ordered transfer of Assistant Superintendent of Police(ASP) Abhay Soni from Amreli to Gandhinagar on vacant post of Battalion quarter master, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). The decision has been taken apparently in connection with an incident in Amreli last evening in which Soni and his team allegedly thrashed BJP workers who were part of preparations for vaccination camp organized by party. The vaccination camp was inaugurated by Guja...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat has refused CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) a sanction to prosecute three remaining accused cops in year 2004 Ishrat Jahan Encounter case - IPS (IG) GL Singhan, retired DySP Tarun Barot and Assistant Sub Inspector Anaju Chaudhary. Read More

Gandhinagar:  The Government of Gujarat has ordered transfers of six officers of Indian Police Service (IPS). Amit Vishwakarma ahs been appointed IGP Operations. V. Chandrashekhar has been appointed as IGP Ahmedabad Range. NN Komar will hold additional charge of IGP (P&M) Gandhinagar. Prem Vir Singh has ben appointed ACP (Crime) in Ahmedabad city. Neeraj Badgujar has been appointed as SP of Sabarkantha district. Chaitanya Mandlik has been placed as DCP (Crime) in Ahmedabad city. Jagdish Cha...Read More

Gandhiangar: Kesrisinh Bhati(57), an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of 1999 batch, and Inspector General (IG) of Ahmedabad Range of Gujarat Police passed away today due to multiple organ failure. Bhati was taken to a private run Zydus hospital after suffering heart attack couple of days ago. Late Police Officer was after serving on various posts, was appointed as Ahmedabad Range IG in August last year. State DGP Ashish Bhatia in a tweet paying tribute to late police officer said: Sad to lea...Read More

Gandhinagar: The city of Vadodara has got a new Police Commissioner. Dr. Shamsher Singh has been appointed as city police commissioner of Vadodara replacing RB Brahmbhatt. When menace of illegal liquor trade and bootlegging was on its peak in South Gujarat and 21 persons were dead on hooch tragedy, then State government had moved Dr. Shamsher Singh as IG in South Gujarat range with assignment to burst the network. Dr. Singh had efficiently destroyed the network. His result-oriented performanc...Read More