Newsinc24 Team The Election Commission has transferred several top level officers, including Chief Secretary, DGP and CP, Kolkata in West Bengal,following the announcement of Assembly elections in the state. It has been directed that Dushyant Nariala be posted as Chief Secretary of the state Government in place of Nandini Chakraborty. Siddh Nath Gupta, a 1992-batch IPS officer, will replace Peeyush Pandey as the new DGP of West Bengal. Ms Sanghamitra Ghosh has been posted as Principal Secretary, Home and Hill Affairs.Ajay Kumar Nand will replace Supratim Sarker as the new commissioner of Kolkata Police.
The DG of correctional services and ADG law-and-order were also transferred. Natarajan Ramesh Babu would be the new DG correctional services and Ajay Mukund Ranade was posted as the new ADG Law and order.Further, the officers transferred out shall not be posted in any election-related posts till the completion of elections, the letter said. The reshuffle signals the commission’s intent to ensure strict compliance with election norms and reinforce administrative neutrality as West Bengal heads into a high‑stakes electoral contest.
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