Archive · 10 Oct 2026
Manoj Sinha Transfers 100 Senior Jammu and Kashmir Police Officers
Jammu and Kashmir’s police department is changing many senior officers’ jobs.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha ordered 100 transfers on Friday.
Twenty-eight of the officers are from the Indian Police Service, and the others are from the Jammu and Kashmir Police Service.
Several districts and police districts will have new chiefs.
Some officers were also assigned to jobs in the police academy, housing corporation, armed police and traffic police.
The changes also affect railway police and the security wing.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha ordered the transfer of 100 senior Jammu and Kashmir police officers on Friday.
The transferred officers include 28 Indian Police Service officers; the rest belong to the Jammu and Kashmir Police Service.
New chiefs were appointed in five districts and three police districts, including Ganderbal, Kupwara, Sopore and Awantipora.
Danesh Rana was appointed Managing Director of the Jammu and Kashmir Police Housing Corporation, while Haseeb Mughal was named director of the police academy in Udhampur.
The reshuffle also reassigned senior officers to armed police, technical services, traffic, railways police and security posts.
- Who
- Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha ordered transfers involving 100 senior Jammu and Kashmir police officers.
- What
- A major reshuffle reassigned officers, including district police chiefs and senior department leaders.
- When
- Friday; the article does not give a specific date.
- Where
- Jammu and Kashmir, including several districts and police districts.
- Why
- The article does not state a reason for the reshuffle.
- Number of officers transferred
- 100
- Indian Police Service officers
- 28
- Other officers
- Jammu and Kashmir Police Service officers
- New district chiefs
- Ganderbal, Kupwara, Bandipora, Ramban and Poonch
- New police district chiefs
- Sopore, Handwara and Awantipora
- Danesh Rana's new post
- Managing Director, Jammu and Kashmir Police Housing Corporation
- Bisma Qazi's new post
- Traffic Police chief, Srinagar City