EC transfers IPS officers, Collectors in Gujarat

Ahmedabad, 5 November 2012

The Election Commission of India had suggested transfer of IPS officers; Himanshu Shukla, Ak Sharma, MS Bharada, Harikrushna Patel and ND Solanki. The Gujarat govt has accordingly ordered their transfers.Joint Commissioner of Police, special branch, Ahmedabad, A K Sharma has been transferred out and Vikas Sahai has been posted in his place. Himanshu Shukla will take over as the new SP of Jamnagar from H G Patel and Sara Rizvi will take over as the new SP in Patan, replacing M S Bharada.M M Anarwala will be the new DCP Surat City replacing N D Solanki.

The Election Commission had also suggested transfer of Collectors of Dahod, Tapi, Sabarkantha and Banaskantha districts. Accordingly the government has transferred them and appointed new Collectors. M Thennarasan replaces J B Vora as Collector-cum-DM of Banaskantha district, while Samina Hussain replaces L C Patel as Collector in Sabarkantha district and Rakesh Shamkar replaces Luni as Collector of Dahod district. Shalini Agarwal takes over from R J Patel as the new collector in Tapi district.

New Collectors are:
Rakesh Shankar Collector Dahod
Thennarsan Collector Banaskantha
Shalini Agrawal Collector Tapi
Shamina Hussain Collector Sabarkantha