Delhi Police Reassigns Eight IPS Officers Across Range, Crime Branch, and District Postings
Eight IPS officers in Delhi have been given new roles, including key positions in the Crime Branch and Special Cell.
The Delhi government has reassigned eight IPS officers within the Delhi Police, with Ajit Kumar Singla named Joint Commissioner of Police for the Eastern Range and R P Meena appointed Deputy Commissioner of Police for Shahdara.
Rahool Alwal and Shobhit D Saksena have both been posted to the Crime Branch, a specialised investigative wing handling complex criminal cases requiring dedicated investigative resources beyond standard district-level policing capacity, while Praveen Kumar Tripathi has been assigned to the Special Cell, Delhi Police's unit focused on serious and organised crime including terrorism-linked investigations.
Additional postings were announced for the Dwarka, West, and North districts, rounding out a reshuffle spanning both specialised investigative units and general district policing responsibilities across the capital.
Joint Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner-level postings such as Singla's Eastern Range and Meena's Shahdara assignments carry direct administrative and operational responsibility for law and order, crime prevention, and coordination with district administrative machinery within their respective jurisdictions.
The Crime Branch and Special Cell postings reflect Delhi Police's practice of staffing its specialised investigative units with officers selected based on relevant experience and demonstrated investigative capability, distinct from the general rotation applied to district-level command postings.
Reshuffles touching both specialised units and district postings simultaneously are typically issued by Delhi Police as a single consolidated order reflecting periodic administrative recalibration across the force's range, district, and specialised wing structure.
The transfer orders were issued through the Delhi Police's administrative wing, which manages postings and transfers for the force's IPS and DANIPS cadre officers.
