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Rajeev Kumar transferred to CID; Anuj Sharma is the new top cop in Kolkata

The shuffling follows directions from the Election Commission in wake of the coming General Election

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar
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Avishek Rakshit Kolkata
Rajeev Kumar, who recently was at the centre of a faceoff between the West Bengal police and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the Rs 2,500 crore Saradha chit fund scam, was transferred from his previous post as the commissioner of police, Kolkata in the rank of an additional director general (ADG) to the state’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) as ADG and inspector general of police (IGP).

Anuj Sharma, a 1999-batch IPS officer, who has been credited for playing a crucial role in controlling law and order during last year’s Gorkhaland separatist movement, was promoted from his previous

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