Archive · 10 Oct 2026
Eight Senior Cops Shifted in Post-Maoist Bastar Reshuffle
Police leaders in Bastar, Chhattisgarh, are being moved to new jobs.
Eight senior officers who worked in the region are being sent to different posts in Raipur.
Their transfers are part of a larger change involving 18 Indian Police Service officers.
The reshuffle followed earlier changes to several district police chiefs.
The article says the area was declared free of armed Maoist activity on March 31, 2026.
A senior police officer said the changes could give officers who worked through the insurgency a break.
The officer also said a new security setup would reflect the region moving beyond its past violence.
Eight additional superintendents of police posted in Bastar division were transferred to assignments in Raipur.
The transfers were part of a reshuffle involving 18 Indian Police Service officers, announced Friday.
The changes followed earlier transfers of district police chiefs in the region.
The article says the tribal belt was declared free of armed Maoist activity on March 31, 2026.
A senior officer said the transfers would ease pressure on officers and establish a new security setup.
- Who
- Eight additional superintendents of police from Bastar division and 18 Indian Police Service officers.
- What
- A police administration reshuffle transferred eight ASPs to different assignments in Raipur.
- When
- Friday; the article does not specify the date of the reshuffle.
- Where
- Bastar division, Chhattisgarh, with the eight ASPs moving to Raipur.
- Why
- A senior police officer said the moves would ease pressure on officers and create a new security setup after the region was declared free of armed Maoist activity.
- Officers transferred from Bastar division
- Eight additional superintendents of police
- Total IPS officers transferred
- 18
- Destination for the eight ASPs
- Different assignments in Raipur
- Division districts
- Bastar, Kanker, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Sukma, Dantewada and Bijapur
- Maoist activity declaration date
- March 31, 2026
- Stated rationale
- Ease pressure on officers and establish a new security setup
- Former Bastar range IGP
- P Sunderraj was transferred to the post of IG, National Investigation Agency, Delhi