On Friday night, the Jammu and Kashmir government appointed four officers from the J&K Police Services (JKPS) as new Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs) for Srinagar, Baramulla, and Kupwara districts, and as Superintendent of Police (SP) of Handwara, following approval from the Election Commission of India.
According to an order issued by the Principal Secretary Home, Chandrakar Bharti, seven police officials, including two IPS officers, have been transferred and assigned new roles across three districts and one police district.
Following the Election Commission's directive on Wednesday, senior police officials from Srinagar, Baramulla, Kupwara districts, and Handwara SP were transferred, and the administration was instructed to submit a panel of IPS officers for their replacement.
JKPS officer Imtiyaz Hussain Mir has been named as SSP Srinagar, while Mohammad Zaid has been appointed as SSP Baramulla, Ghulam Jeelani Wani as SSP Kupwara, and Ifroz Ahmad as SP Handwara, as per the order.
IPS officers Gurinderpal Singh and Shobhit Saksena have been reassigned from their roles as SSPs of Baramulla and Kupwara districts to Director in-charge Police Telecommunications and SSP CID (Headquarters), respectively. Dawood Ayoub, SP Handwara, has been appointed as SSP CID, headquarters, the order added.
In a communique sent to the J&K Chief Secretary, the Commission approved the postings of Mohammad Zaid as SSP Baramulla, Ghulam Jeelani Wani as SSP Kupwara, Ifroz Ahmad as SP Handwara, and Imtiyaz Hussain Mir as SSP Srinagar.
On Wednesday, the Commission directed the Union Territory administration to submit a panel of IPS officers for the positions of SP and SSP in Srinagar, Baramulla, Handwara, and Kupwara by Thursday evening.
The Commission's actions are seen as a measure to ensure a fair electoral process ahead of the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
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