Over 600 police officials transferred in Maharashtra's Beed district

As many as 606 policemen were transferred in Beed district which had come under the spotlight after the murder of sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh last year. Representational Pic/File

In a major reshuffle in police department, the state government authorities on Thursday transferred over 600 police officials in Maharashtra's Beed district, officials said, reported the PTI.

As many as 606 policemen were transferred in the district which had come under the spotlight after the murder of sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh last year.

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Of these cops, in the ranks of constables to police sub-inspectors, 226 have completed 12 years in the same tehsil, the department said in a media release. The district has nearly 2,100 policemen, according to the PTI.

After sarpanch Deshmukh's murder, which had sparked a massive uproar and snowballed into a huge political issue, IPS officer Navneet Kanwat was transferred to Beed as the superintendent of police (SP) to effect changes in the department.

The transfers were made on three criteria: cops who had completed five years in the same office; those who had served for 12 years in the same tehsil; and policemen whose villages fall within the jurisdiction of their respective police stations, as per the PTI.

The transfer of drivers and upper-rank cops will take place next week, a senior police official said.

Santosh Deshmukh, sarpanch of Massajog village in the district, was abducted and killed in December for attempting to foil an extortion bid on an energy company. NCP leader Dhananjay Munde, who is from Beed, resigned as a minister after his close aide Walmik Karad was arrested in connection with the murder.

21 SP-rank IPS officers transferred in Maharashtra

Meanwhile, the Maharashtra government on Thursday transferred 21 Indian Police Service officers in the rank of superintendents of police, including Somay Munde, who was awarded the Shaurya Chakra for leading an anti-Naxal operation, and Archit Chandak, who was injured in the communal violence in Nagpur in March, reported the PTI.

Among those transferred are SPs of 12 districts, the order issued by the state home department showed.

Munde, who was serving as SP of Latur, has been made Deputy Commissioner of Police in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, while Chandak, DCP in Nagpur, has been posted as SP of Akola.

Ahilyanagar SP Rakesh Ola, Assistant Inspector General (AIG) Raj Tilak Roshan and Satara SP Sameer Shaikh have been posted as DCPs in Mumbai, the order said.
Raigad SP Somnath Gharge has been made SP of Ahilyanagar, while Pune State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) commandant Anchal Dalal has taken Gharge's place.

"Kolhapur SP Mahendra Pandit has been transferred as DCP Thane city. Mumbai DCP Mangesh Shinde, has been transferred as SP, Nagpur railway police. Tushar Doshi, who is currently SP, railway police, has been made SP of Satara," the order said, the PTI reported.

DCP Mohan Dahikar is the new SP of Sindhudurg, while Anti Terrorism Squad SP Jayant Meena has taken Munde's place as SP in Latur, the order mentioned.

"Palghar SP Balasaheb Patil has been transferred as SP Nashik Rural. Gadchiroli Additional SP Yatish Deshmukh will replace him in Palghar. IPS officer Yogeshkumar Gupta has been transferred as SP Kolhapur, Nilesh Tambe as SP Buldhana, Nitin Bagate as SP Ratnagiri and Ritu Khokar as SP Dharashiv," it added, the news agency reported.

(with PTI inputs)