Gandhinagar: Year 1985 cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Ashish Bhatia has been appointed as Commissioner of Police, Ahmedabad City. Bhatia was already in additional charge of this post following elevation of outgoing Commissioner AK Singh to Centre to head National Security Guard in Delhi.

In a notification issued today, Ashish Bhatia has been appointed as CP Ahmedabad and relieved from the post of Director General of Police, CID (Crime & Railways). He is replaced with Sanjay Srivastava, a 1987 cadre IPS. Srivastava will continue to hold the additional charge of the post of Additional Director General of Police, Technical Services & SCRB.

In another development, year 1998 cadre IPS Piyush Patel who is at present Inspector General (Armed Units) has been given the additional charge of the post of Additional Director General, Armed Police (Armed Unit) replacing Sanjay Srivastava.

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