West Bengal Police Reshuffle: 23 IPS Officers Transferred in Major Kolkata and Statewide Shake-Up
The West Bengal government has ordered a major reshuffle in the state police and Kolkata Police, transferring 23 officers in one of the latest significant changes in the police administration. The orders affect senior positions in intelligence, traffic, security, detective work, crime investigation, police infrastructure and district-level policing, bringing several new faces into key assignments across the state and the Kolkata Police Commissionerate.
The reshuffle has resulted in changes at multiple levels, with officers moving between the West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police. Among the prominent appointments, Kolkata Police Additional Commissioner Devendra Prakash Singh has been moved to the Intelligence Branch in North Bengal, while Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Surya Pratap Yadav has been shifted to the Intelligence Branch of the state police as Deputy Inspector General.
The latest changes also see Sudhir Kumar Neelkantam taking over as Additional Commissioner of Kolkata Police, while Bholanath Pandey has been appointed Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic). Several other officers have been moved into important responsibilities involving security, the Detective Department, the Crime Investigation Department, police housing and infrastructure, and intelligence.
Devendra Prakash Singh Moved to Intelligence Branch
One of the key changes in the latest reshuffle involves Devendra Prakash Singh, who was serving as Additional Commissioner of Kolkata Police. He has now been posted as Inspector General of the Intelligence Branch in North Bengal.
Singh’s movement marks a shift from a senior city-policing responsibility to an intelligence assignment. The West Bengal Police’s published officer directory lists him as a 2002-batch IPS officer and an Additional Commissioner in Kolkata Police.
The Intelligence Branch assignment will place him in a role focused on intelligence-related responsibilities in North Bengal, while his earlier posting involved senior-level administration within the Kolkata Police structure.
Surya Pratap Yadav Gets DIG Intelligence Branch Assignment
Another significant change concerns Surya Pratap Yadav, who was serving as Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) in Kolkata. He has now been posted as Deputy Inspector General of the Intelligence Branch of the West Bengal Police.
Yadav’s move takes him from a city traffic management role to the state’s intelligence establishment. West Bengal Police records identify him as a 2011-batch IPS officer, while previous police postings had also placed him in field and traffic-related assignments.
The change is part of a wider movement of officers between specialised branches and operational assignments, with the latest order affecting both Kolkata Police and the wider state police administration.
Sudhir Kumar Neelkantam to Be New Additional Commissioner of Kolkata Police
Sudhir Kumar Neelkantam has been appointed the new Additional Commissioner of Kolkata Police. He was earlier serving as Inspector General of the Special Task Force of the West Bengal Police.
His transfer brings an officer with experience in a specialised police unit into a senior administrative position within Kolkata Police. The Additional Commissioner-level post is among the important positions in the city police hierarchy and involves responsibility for assisting the Commissioner of Police in overseeing key areas of policing and administration. The appointment is part of the broader realignment of senior officers in Kolkata Police, with several existing city assignments also changing hands.
Bholanath Pandey Appointed Joint Commissioner of Traffic
Bholanath Pandey has been moved into the key position of Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic), Kolkata Police. He was earlier serving as Deputy Inspector General of the Intelligence Branch of the West Bengal Police.
The move brings Pandey from a state intelligence assignment into one of Kolkata Police’s major operational wings. Traffic policing in a large metropolitan area such as Kolkata involves not only day-to-day traffic management but also coordination during major public events, road regulation, enforcement and movement management across the city. West Bengal Police records identify Bholanath Pandey as a 2011-batch IPS officer and list him as a DIG in the Intelligence Branch.
Sukhendu Hira Moves to Kolkata Police Security Wing
Sukhendu Hira, who was serving as DIG (Security) in the West Bengal Police, has been transferred and posted as Joint Commissioner of Police (Security) in Kolkata Police. The appointment shifts Hira from the state police’s security establishment to a senior security role within the Kolkata Police Commissionerate.
The Joint Commissioner (Security) position carries responsibilities connected with security arrangements in the city and coordination for protected persons, important installations and major events. The change also forms part of the wider movement of officers between state police units and specialised branches of the Kolkata Police.
Neelu Sherpa Gets WBPHIDC Assignment
Neelu Sherpa has been appointed Inspector General of the West Bengal Police Housing & Infrastructure Development Corporation (WBPHIDC). She was previously serving as IG of the West Bengal Crime Records Bureau (WBCRB).
Her new assignment moves her from a crime-records and police data-related institution to an organisation dealing with police housing and infrastructure development. The change is among the several transfers involving specialised administrative wings of the state police. At the same time, the reshuffle creates a new leadership arrangement at the West Bengal Crime Records Bureau.
Shankha Shubhra Chakraborty to Head WBCRB
Shankha Shubhra Chakraborty, who was earlier serving as IG of the West Bengal Police Home Guard, has been appointed the new IG of the West Bengal Crime Records Bureau.
The appointment places him at the helm of an important police institution responsible for maintaining and managing crime-related records and information within the state police system. His transfer is another example of the latest reshuffle involving officers moving between specialised branches and administrative responsibilities.
Debarshi Dutta Moves to Bidhannagar Police
Debarshi Dutta, who was serving as DIG of the West Bengal Police Housing & Infrastructure Development Corporation, has been appointed Joint Commissioner of Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate.
The new assignment brings Dutta back into a direct policing and commissionerate role. Bidhannagar, which includes the rapidly developing areas around Salt Lake and New Town, is one of the important police commissionerates in the state. His movement is part of the reshuffle’s broader pattern of shifting officers between specialised police organisations and commissionerate-level responsibilities.
Nima Narbu Bhutia Gets CID Assignment
Nima Narbu Bhutia, who was serving as Commanding Officer of the 10th Battalion of the West Bengal Armed Police Forces, has been posted as Special Superintendent of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police.
The appointment moves Bhutia from an armed police battalion command to an investigation-oriented responsibility within the CID. The change brings experience from an operational armed-police environment into one of the state’s principal investigative organisations. The CID handles investigations into a range of important and specialised criminal cases and operates as a key investigative arm of the West Bengal Police.
Dhritiman Sarkar Posted as Special Superintendent of CID in Malda
Dhritiman Sarkar, formerly Special Superintendent of the Intelligence Branch of the West Bengal Police, has been transferred as the new Special Superintendent of CID in Malda district.
His movement represents another shift from intelligence duties to criminal investigation. Sarkar’s new posting will put him in a district-level CID role, adding another layer to the reshuffle involving intelligence and investigation wings. The Malda assignment also gives the officer a specialised investigative responsibility in the district.
Changes at Additional SP Level
The reshuffle extends beyond senior commissionerate and state-level appointments, with several officers also receiving new responsibilities as Additional Superintendents of Police.
Purnima Sherpa has been appointed Additional Superintendent of Police in Kalimpong, while Abhishek Roy has been posted as Additional Superintendent of Police in Birbhum. Their appointments bring changes to the senior field-policing structure in the two districts.
Manabendra Das has been appointed Additional Superintendent of Police in Mathabhanga, while Kunal Barnabas has been posted as Additional Superintendent of Police in Malda Rural. According to the order details, the last four officers named in this portion of the reshuffle are from the West Bengal Police Service cadre rather than the IPS.
23 Officers Transferred Across Multiple Police Wings
The latest reshuffle brings changes across both the West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police, with assignments spanning intelligence, traffic, security, investigation, police infrastructure, crime records and district policing.
For Kolkata Police, the changes include the appointments of a new Additional Commissioner, a new Joint Commissioner of Traffic, a new Joint Commissioner of Security and a new officer for the Detective Department. At the state level, the Intelligence Branch, CID, WBCRB and WBPHIDC have also seen important changes.
Sparsha Nilangi, who was serving as Deputy Commissioner of the Enforcement Branch of Kolkata Police, has been posted as DC of the Detective Department. The Kolkata Police’s current official directory also lists Nilangi as DC, Enforcement Branch, reflecting the position she was holding before the latest transfer order.
The movement of officers between these specialised wings is significant because each assignment comes with a distinct policing mandate. Traffic management, intelligence gathering, criminal investigation, security, detective work and police infrastructure require different operational structures, and the latest orders realign several officers across those responsibilities.
Overall, the 23-officer reshuffle represents a substantial administrative reorganisation involving both Kolkata’s city police machinery and the wider West Bengal Police. The changes affect senior officers as well as field-level police leadership, with several officers moving into new roles in specialised units and district formations.
The latest order comes after other major police changes in West Bengal earlier in 2026, including a much larger reshuffle involving IPS and West Bengal Police Service officers. The current exercise is comparatively smaller in scale but covers several strategically important assignments across the state and Kolkata Police.
The new postings are expected to take effect as officers are relieved from their existing responsibilities and assume charge of their respective assignments. With intelligence, traffic, security, CID, detective work and district policing all featuring prominently in the latest order, the reshuffle marks another significant adjustment to the leadership structure of West Bengal’s police administration.
