Mamata Banerjee reinstates senior IPS officer Rajeev Kumar as West Bengal DGP
Hindustan TimesKOLKATA: Senior Indian Police Service officer Rajeev Kumar was reinstated as the West Bengal director general of police by the Mamata Banerjee administration on Monday. Rajeev Kumar was appointed to head West Bengal’s information technology department after the Election Commission of India removed him Kumar was appointed to head West Bengal’s information technology department after the Election Commission of India removed him as the state’s police chief in March ahead of the Lok Sabha elections this year. “The Governor is please to order that Rajeev Kumar, presently posted as additional chief secretary, department of Information Technology and Electronics will hold the charge of DG and IG of West Bengal Police in addition to his existing duties with effect from the date of assuming his charge until further orders,” said the notification of the state home department. Before 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the state government transferred Kumar to the criminal investigation department of the Bengal Police as additional director general.