After the suspension of the subordinate government officials, the home department for the state has now issued an order to transfer three Indian Police Services (IPS) officials in Rajkot, while the commissioner of police, additional commissioner, and deputy commissioner of police in Rajkot have been kept on waitlist for posting.

Municipal commissioner of Rajkot, Anand Patel, was also transferred with his serives 'placed at the disposal of General Administration Department for further orders'.

In a move that is considered the consequence of the TRP game zone fire that took the lives of at least 28 lives including children, the Additional Chief Secretary of the Home Department of Gujarat, A K Rakesh, issued the transfer order.

Rajkot Commissioner, deputies ‘waitlisted’

Raju Bhargav, Commissioner of Police, Rajkot City; Vidhi Choudhary, Additional Commissioner of Police for Administration, Traffic and Crime, Rajkot City; and Sudhir Desai, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone-2, Rajkot City, are transferred and kept on waitlist for posting.

New appointments

Meanwhile, Brajesh Kumar Jha, of the 1999 batch, Special Commissioner of Police, Sector-2 Ahmedabad City, is transferred and appointed as the Commissioner of Police, Rajkot City.

Mahendra Bagdia, DIGP, Kutch-Bhuj is transferred and appointed as Additional Commissioner of Police, Rajkot City.

Jagdish Bangarwa, Superintendent at the Central Prison in Vadodara is appointed as the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone-2, Rajkot City.

DP Desai of Gujarat cadre, Chief Executive Officer, Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA), Ahmedabad, with additional charge of the post of Chief Executive Officer, Gandhinagar Urban Development Authority (GUDA), Gandhinagar, is transferred as Municipal Commissioner, Rajkot Municipal Corporation, Rajkot, in place of Anand Patel.

Bhavya Verma of Gujarat cadre Mission Director, Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban), Gandhinagar would hold additional charge of the posts of (1) Chief Executive Officer, Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA), Ahmedabad vice Shri DP Desai, IAS transferred and (2) Chief Executive Officer Gandhinagar Urban Development Authority (GUDA), Gandhinagar until further orders, relieving DP Desai.

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