SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Friday ordered a major police reshuffle, transferring and posting 100 officers from the Indian Police Service (IPS) and Jammu and Kashmir Police Service (JKPS) cadres across the Union Territory with immediate effect.
According to Government Order No. 499-Home of 2026, issued by the Home Department, the reshuffle covers senior police officers, district police chiefs, commandants and officials heading various specialised units.
Among the key changes, senior IPS officer Danesh Rana, who was awaiting posting, has been appointed Managing Director of the J&K Police Housing Corporation, relieving S.J.M. Gillani of the additional charge.
Garib Dass, Director of the Sher-i-Kashmir Police Academy (SKPA), Udhampur, has been posted as Additional Director General of Home Guards, Civil Defence and SDRF, while Dr Mohd Haseeb Mughal has been appointed Director of the academy.
Abdul Jabbar has been posted as Inspector General of Armed Police, Jammu, while Shahid Mehraj Rather has been appointed Inspector General of Technical Services, J&K, retaining the additional charge of Director, Police Telecommunications.
Rayees Mohammad Bhat has been transferred from DIG CID Kashmir and posted as DIG CID Headquarters, J&K.
At the range and directorate levels, Shiv Kumar Sharma has been posted as DIG Railways, while Swarn Singh Kotwal has been appointed DIG Udhampur-Reasi Range. Zahid Naseem Manhas has been posted as DIG Armed Police, Jammu.
H.P. Hareness has been appointed Director of the Special Security Force (SSF), replacing Swarn Singh Kotwal.
Changes in district police commands
The government has also ordered several changes in district police leadership.
Sudhanshu Dhama has been appointed SSP Kupwara, replacing Syed Al Tahir Gillani, who has been transferred as SSP PCR Kashmir.
Harshal Rajesh Mahajan has been posted as SSP Ganderbal, Neha Jain as SSP Sopore, Anna Sinha as SSP Ramban and Vaibhav Meena as SSP Poonch.
Tahir Saleem Khan has been appointed SSP Bandipora, while Irshad Hussain Rather has been posted as SSP Awantipora.
In traffic policing, Bisma Qazi has been appointed SSP Traffic City Srinagar, replacing Aijaz Ahmad Bhat, who has been posted as Commandant of the 23rd JKAP IR Battalion.
K.M. Priyanka has been appointed SSP Traffic National Highway, while Master Popsy has been posted as SSP Rural Traffic Jammu.
Anand Kumar Mishra has been appointed SSP Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF), J&K.
Armed police, CID and other wings affected
The order also includes changes in the command of Armed Police and India Reserve battalions, besides appointments in the Criminal Investigation Department, intelligence units, railway policing, training institutions and other specialised formations.
Mohd Yaseen Kichloo has been appointed Principal of the State Training Centre, Talwara, while Sanjay Kumar Kotwal has been posted as Commandant of the 18th JKAP IR Battalion.
Among other JKPS appointments, Imtiyaz Hussain Mir has been posted as Director of the Counter Insurgency Training Centre, Lethpora, while Shailender Singh has been appointed Director of Civil Defence and SDRF, Kashmir.
The reshuffle also affects several other supervisory and operational positions across the police establishment.
The government said the transfers and postings had been ordered in the interest of administration and would take effect immediately.
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