Four CPs, ADG North & South reshuffled; Akhilesh Kr Chaturvedi becomes Howrah CP, DC Central Indira Mukherjee removed

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has ordered the immediate transfer of 19 senior police officers across West Bengal. This marks the third consecutive day of administrative reshuffles since the announcement of the 2026 Assembly election schedule. The latest order targets the core of the state's field policing, removing the Superintendents of Police (SPs) in 12 districts and the Commissioners of Police (CPs) in four major industrial and urban zones: Howrah, Asansol-Durgapur, Barrackpore, and Chandannagar.

Top-Level Regional Leadership

• ADG South Bengal: Rajesh Kumar Singh (replaced Rajiv Mishra)

• ADG North Bengal: K Jayaraman (replaced Sukesh Kumar Jain)

Police Commissionerates

• Howrah CP: Akhilesh Kumar Chaturvedi (replaced Akash Magadia)

• Barrackpore CP: Amit Kumar Singh (replaced Praveen Tripathi)

• Asansol-Durgapur CP: Dr. Pranab Kumar (replaced Sunil Kumar Chowdhury)

• Chandannagar CP: Sunil Kumar Yadav (replaced Koteshwar Rao)

Kolkata Police (Divisional)

• DC Central Division: YEILVAD Srikanth Jagannathrao (replaced Indira Mukherjee)

District Superintendents of Police (SPs)

• SP Paschim Medinipur: Papiya Sultana (replaced Palash Chandra Dhali)

• SP Purba Medinipur: Angshuman Saha (replaced Parijat Biswas)

• SP Birbhum: Surya Pratap Yadav (replaced Raj Narayan Mukherjee)

• SP Murshidabad: Sachin (replaced Dhritiman Sarkar)

• SP Jangipur: Surinder Singh (replaced Hossain Mehedi Rahman)

• SP Malda: Anupam Singh (replaced Abhijit Banerjee)

• SP Cooch Behar: Jaspreet Singh (replaced Sandeep Karra)

• SP Islampur: Rakesh Singh (replaced Jobi Thomas)

• SP Barasat: Pushpa (replaced Priyabrata Roy)

• SP Basirhat: Alaknanda Bhawal (replaced Arish Bilal)

• SP Hooghly Rural: Kumar Sunny Raj (replaced Kamnashish Sen)

• SP Diamond Harbour: Ishani Pal (replaced Bishop Sarkar)