Archive · 2 Dec 2025
Gujarat Promotes Six Senior IPS Officers
The Gujarat government made some big changes in the police department.
They promoted six senior police officers to higher ranks.
Two of them, Manoj Sashidhar and Raju Bhargava, were promoted to the top rank of Director General (DGP).
Four other officers were promoted to the rank of Inspector General (IG).
These officers are currently working in different places, like the CBI, Intelligence Bureau, and Cabinet Secretariat.
Additionally, the government gave new jobs to nine younger police officers.
These officers, from the 2022 and 2023 batches, were appointed as Additional Superintendents of Police (ASP) in different districts of Gujarat.
This means they will now be working in places like Ahmedabad, Surat, and Kutch.
Six IPS officers promoted: two to DGP rank and four to IG rank.
Manoj Sashidhar and Raju Bhargava promoted to DGP.
Divya Mishra, Deepan Bhadran, Saurabh Tolumbia, and PV Rathod promoted to IG.
Nine new IPS officers from the 2022-2023 batches posted as ASPs in various districts.
New ASP postings include assignments in Ahmedabad Rural, Bhavnagar Rural, Surat Rural, and other districts.
- Who
- Six senior IPS officers and nine new IPS officers of the 2022-2023 batch
- What
- Promotions and new postings within the Gujarat Police
- When
- Monday (specific date not mentioned)
- Where
- Gujarat, India
- Why
- To upgrade and assign roles within the Gujarat Police force
- Promoted to DGP
- Manoj Sashidhar, Raju Bhargava
- Promoted to IG
- Divya Mishra, Deepan Bhadran, Saurabh Tolumbia, PV Rathod
- New ASP Postings
- Ankita Mishra, Ghanshyam Gautam, Akshay Mahendra Engineer, Harsh Sharma, Gautam Vivekanandan, Vedika Bihani, Naveen Chakravarti Repudi, Vikas Yadav, Dr Sandip T
- Current Roles of Promoted Officers
- Manoj Sashidhar: Special Director, CBI; Raju Bhargava: ADGP of Armed Units; Divya Mishra: Additional Deputy Director, IB; Deepan Bhadran: Director, Cabinet Secretariat; Saurabh Tolumbia: Advisor (Security), GAIL; PV Rathod: DIG of CID (Crime)
- New ASP Postings Details
- Ankita Mishra: ASP of Aslali, Ahmedabad Rural; Ghanshyam Gautam: ASP of Bhavnagar Rural; Akshay Mahendra Engineer: ASP of Mandvi, Surat Rural; Harsh Sharma: ASP of Bodeli, Chhota Udepur; Gautam Vivekanandan: ASP of Mundra, Kutch; Vedika Bihani: ASP of Surendranagar Division; Naveen Chakravarti Repudi: ASP of Jasdan, Rajkot Rural; Vikas Yadav: ASP of Santrampur, Mahisagar; Dr Sandip T: ASP of Dharampur, Valsad