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CM Gehlot cracks whip, shows door to non-performing cops!

Jaipur: The transfer of 32 IPS officers in the state have sent a strong message across the political and bureaucratic circles that non-performing officials will be dealt with. CM Gehlot has time and again emphasised that he has zero tolerance for law & order & corruption. Word among the ‘relevant circles’ is that the IPS transfer list was also decided on the basis of these two issues and CM showed ‘door’ to the officers who failed in law and order. Case in point being removal of key officers in Jodhpur and Udaipur case as Gehlot did not even spare his trusted Navjyoti Gogoi. At the same time, some officers were reportedly embroiled in the corruption and an internal report regarding such officials had also reached the CM and Gehlot has now put such officials on ‘cold posting.’

In fact, Gehlot government has given a strong message to non-performing IPS officers as Jodhpur Police Commissioner was transferred due to failure to stop recent riots in Jodhpur. Similarly, Karauli SP was transferred after failing to stop riots in Karauli. In Udaipur, District SP & range IG were criticized for not providing security to Kanhaiyalal, & CM Gehlot removed Udaipur SP Manoj Kumar and IG Hinglajdan. Notably, there was resentment towards police officers after the massacre & the decision to remove these cops was taken during the law & order meet, but priority was to maintain peace in Udaipur for 2 days. On Saturday, CM took a meeting of officers in Udaipur & Gehlot himself read out the complaint lodged by Kanhaiya. Sources reveal that CM was extremely annoyed with officials who failed to take a concrete action.

After returning from Udaipur, IG-SP were removed late at night. Meanwhile, CM has chosen a capable officer in IPS Praful Kumar as Udaipur Range IG for the second time. Notably, while serving in Bikaner, some people with vested interests carried out a misinformation campaign against him however, in view of difficult situation in Udaipur, Praful was seen as a better official to handle the current scenario. He has previously served as Bikaner Range IG, Jodhpur Police Commissioner & thus, he enjoys the image of a hardworking & result- oriented officer. Notably, there has been no change in PHQ team of DGP ML Lather & although there were 32 names in transfer list, no ADG level officer was transferred as all transfers took place from SP to IG level officers. Similarly, Dungarpur SP Sudhir Joshi has also been shunted out of district. Recently, cops were caught in ACB’s action in Dungarpur & there were murmurs that even the SP was allegedly involved in taking money. The entire police department was grieved by ACB’s action & in such a situation, Sudhir Joshi was sent out from Dungarpur and appointed as commandant of 7th battalion in Bharatpur.

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