A major bureaucratic shake-up hit Rajasthan police with 21 IPS transfers and promotions ordered by the government. The February 24 directive, released past midnight, follows a batch of elevations and targets high-impact positions in commissionerates, ranges, and elite units.
Jodhpur gets new Police Commissioner in Sharat Kawiraj (ex-IG SOG), displacing Om Prakash to Jaipur Special Commissioner. Rahul Prakash vacates Jaipur Special Commissioner for IG Jaipur Range.
Ranges revamped: Satyendra Singh (CID-CB) to Jodhpur Range IG; Om Prakash to Bikaner Range IG; Hemant Kumar Sharma (Bikaner) to Jaipur SCRB IG; Ajay Pal Lamba (SCRB) to SOG IG.
Promotion parade includes Hawa Singh Ghoomaria (Crime Branch ADG) to HQ ADG; Vipin Kumar Pandey to Crime Branch ADG; Prabhull Kumar to Intelligence ADG; Raghavendra Suwasa to Training ADG.
Rajesh Meena shifts Jodhpur Range to Home Guard IG; S. Parimal to ACB IG; Vikas Kumar streamlined to Anti-Narcotics IG; Rajesh Singh to ATS IG; Satyendra Kumar to RITI CEO; Preeti Chandra to Law & Order IG; Harendra Mahawar to CID-CB IG; Rahul Kotki to Personnel IG.
This orchestrated change aims to streamline operations, boost specialized task forces, and align leadership with contemporary threats like organized crime and narcotics trafficking across Rajasthan’s vast terrain.