Overview

• The Home Department issued the order on August 18, moving senior and junior officers across districts, city units and specialised wings, including SPs in 25 of 33 districts.
• Media tallies differ on the scope, with one report citing 105 transfers and another listing 85 IPS plus 31 SPS.
• Senior IPS officer Manoj Agarwal has been appointed Director General of Police, CID (Crime and Railways), Gandhinagar.
• At least 10 IPS officers were kept on a waiting list for posting pending further orders.
• Key shifts placed officers into economic and special units, including Karanraj Vaghela to Surat’s economic wing, Rahul Tripathi to Ahmedabad SOG, Himkar Singh to Ahmedabad EOW, Rohan Anand to CID Anti-Economic Offences, and Yashpal Jaganiya to Western Railway in Ahmedabad, while the Cyber Centre of Excellence received its first SP and several DIG cadre posts were filled at the SP rank.