Gujarat Police (img: IANS, Wikimedia Commons)

Gujarat police has undergone a major revamp before the Diwali festivities. The state home ministry has granted promotions to several police officers as a pre-Diwali perk, it announced today.

Top officers promoted

As many as 538 assistant sub-inspectors of police (ASIs) of the state have been instantly promoted to the ranks of police sub-inspectors (PSIs), as announced by the ministry of home (state) today.

Apart from this, two deputy superintendents of police (DySPs) have also been promoted as superintendents of police (SPs). The recipients of these out-of-turn promotions include anti-terrorist squad (ATS) DySP KK Patel and Surat crime branch assistant commissioner of police (ACP) Bhavesh Rojia as SP.

This DySP to SP promotion is a first-of-its-kind in the cadre in Gujarat Police.

DySP Patel has been appointed as SP, marine task force commander, Gandhidham-Kutch, while ACP Rojia has been appointed as deputy commissioner of police (crime II) Surat.

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