Kolkata: Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Vivek Sahay would be the new Director General of Police in West Bengal, changing appearing DGP Rajeev Kumar, who was ordered eliminated by the Election Fee of India on Monday.
The Election Fee has nominated General Sahay, a 1988 batch officer and at the moment Director General and Commandant of Home Guards. In 2022, he was faraway from the put up of Director, Safety following the safety breach on the residence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
When Rajiv Kumar, a 1989 batch officer, was appointed appearing DGP final yr, he changed Sahay.
Insiders within the workplace of the state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) mentioned the Election Fee had sought names of three senior IPS officers as replacements for Rajeev Kumar, and names together with Sahay's had been despatched.
The opposite two names had been Sanjay Mukherjee (1989 batch) and Dr. Rajesh Kumar (1990 batch).
Nevertheless, the Fee chosen Sahai as probably the most senior of the three.
Together with eradicating Rajiv Kumar from his put up, the Fee has additionally mentioned that he can not take part in any election means of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. He was eliminated inside three months of being made appearing DGP.
Rajeev Kumar's identify had come up in controversies many instances earlier than. He got here underneath the scanner of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the course of the investigation of Saradha chit fund rip-off.
He was twice changed as Commissioner of Kolkata Police by the Election Fee earlier than the 2016 West Bengal Meeting elections. Nevertheless, after the elections the state authorities reinstated him to the put up.
Sources mentioned that in the course of the latest go to of prime officers of the Fee to West Bengal, nearly all of the opposition events had complained towards Rajiv Kumar and accused him of not working with transparency.
Opposition events have welcomed the removing of the appearing DGP.
BJP Rajya Sabha member Samik Bhattacharya claimed, “Given Rajiv Kumar's past record, it was inevitable to remove him from the chair. Even Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was aware of it. But still, she probably took some notice.” Maintaining them in thoughts, he was appointed.”
He mentioned, “I have just one question for Rajiv Kumar, who is considered an efficient police officer. What happened that he stooped to such a level that his image got tarnished again and again? But it seems that he No lesson learned from this.” CPI-M Central Committee member Sujan Chakraborty.
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