Deepak Mishra to be new chief of Delhi Police's admin unit

In a major reshuffle today, Delhi Police Law and Order chief Deepak Mishra was transferred to the force's administration unit, even as the national capital was divided into two law-and-order zones with separate special commissioner-rank officers heading them.
This was the first such reshuffle after Alok Kumar Verma took over the reins of the 80,000 strong force.
In the order passed by Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung, Special CP Mishra has been made in-charge of Delhi Police's administration department, official sources said.
Mishra, a 1984 batch IPS officer, was one of the top contenders for the police commissioner's post to succeed B S Bassi.

The post of Special CP (administration) is considered second in command in the force, in which Mishra will succeed Vimla Mehra who retired along with Bassi.
Two posts were created for law and order -- now divided into north and south zones.

While P Kamraj, who was serving as Special CP (headquarters), has been made in-charge of Law and Order (South), the charge of law and order (north) has been given to S B K Singh, currently serving as Special CP (security), the sources said.
"This is the first time that two special commissioner-rank officers will take charge of Delhi's law and order, with specific zones assigned to them. Earlier, officers of additional commissioner rank and joint commissioner rank had jointly led law and order department in the force," a source said.

In the transfer order, DCP (Headquarter) Ishwar Singh has been made DCP (South).
Former south district chief Prem Nath, who was handling the Sunanda Pushkar case and the JNU row in its initial stage, was transfered to Mizoram in a previous order issued in February.
Also, Additional DCP (South) Surender Kumar has been made DCP (Southwest), by moving R A Sanjeev to the estates department. Present Additional DCP (Southwest) Nupur Prasad has been shifted to Surender Kumar's place, the sources said.
DCP (East) B S Gurjar has been made the new principal of the Police Training College (PTC) at Jharodan Kalan here and DCP (Land & Building) Rishi Pal has been made the new east district chief.

Meanwhile, former PTC principal N Gnanasambandan has been moved to traffic unit. Additional DCP (East) Kimi Kaming and A K Singh, who has arrived from Mizoram will also be joining traffic unit as DCsP.
The Economic Offences Wing, which comes under the jurisdiction of Delhi Police's Crime Branch, will be joined by Arun Kampani, a 2000 batch IPS officer who was serving as an Additional DCP in Delhi Police's Legal Cell, the sources said.
While Esha Pandey and R R Singh, both having being transferred from Lakshwadeep islands, will be joining as Addtional DCP II in Central and South East districts respectivelt, present Additional DCP II (central) S S Kalsi has been transferred to Outer District.

The positions of Additional DCP II in Outer and South districts were vacant after the officers were transfered out of Delhi in pursuance of a previous order.
Also, Additional DCP (Northeast) Mohammad Ali has been transferred to Vigilance department and Ishwar Singh's former position will be taken by G S Awana, who was so far serving as DCP (Estate), the sources said.
About the two police zones for law and order, each of them will have three police ranges under their jurisdiction. While North Zone will have the North, Central and Eastern ranges, the South Zone will have Southeast, Southwest and New Delhi ranges, they said.

Also, Special CP (recruitment and training) S Shrivastava, who was transferred to CRPF as an additional DG, was relieved from his position today.
The final decision on Joint Commissioner M K Meena -- who was transferred to Andaman and Nicobar islands in a previous order but not relieved yet -- is still awaited, the sources added.
Meena, who is also the chief of Delhi's Anti Corruption Branch, was in loggerheads with the AAP government over a range of issues in the past one year.