Senior IPS officer Manoj Kumar Verma was made the new commissioner of Kolkata Police on Tuesday, replacing Vineet Goyal, according to a notification.
The Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal on Tuesday appointed Manoj Kumar Verma as the new commissioner of Kolkata Police.
Verma, a 1998 batch IPS officer, was serving as additional director general (ADG), law and order, West Bengal before his latest appointment.
The decision to remove Goyal, who was under fire over handling of the rape and murder of the doctor at the RG Kar hospital, was announced by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday night after her meeting with agitating medics.
Goyal, who was of the 1994 batch, was made the ADG and IGP of West Bengal Police’s Special Task Force (STF).
Verma, an officer of the 1998 batch, was the ADG and IGP (Law & Order) in his last assignment.
Jawed Shamim, an IPS officer of the 1995 batch, was made the ADG and IGP (Law & Order).
Meanwhile, Goyal had succeeded Soumen Mittra as the Kolkata top cop in 2021.
An alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and IIT Kanpur, he held various positions within the Kolkata Police.
Goyal also served as joint commissioner of police for the Special Task Force and Traffic, as well as additional commissioner of police.
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