Dr Neerja Gotru appointed as ADGP, Gujarat Police Recruitment Board

Following the appointment of IPS Hasmukh Patel as Chairman of the Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC), Gujarat’s home department has ordered the transfer of Dr Neerja Gotru (IPS) as the new Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) of Gujarat’s Police Recruitment Board.

The department’s official circular states, “Dr (Ms) Neerja Gotru, IPS (GJ:1993), Additional Director General of Police (Training), Gandhinagar is transferred and appointed on the vacant ex-cadre post of Additional Director General of Police, Police Recruitment Board, Gandhinagar.”

Moreover, the department has also downgraded the ex-cadre post of DGP, Police Recruitment Board, to the ex-cadre post of ADGP.

IPS Gotru held charge as the ADGP (Training), Gandhinagar. She has now been directed to hold the additional charge of this post until further orders.

1993-batch IPS Gotru has also held top posts in Ahmedabad’s traffic department.

Notably, Hasmukh Patel was appointed as the GPSC chairman on October 28, following which he was relieved of his police services and his charge as the DGP and MD of the Gujarat State Police Housing Corporation.

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