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LG Sinha orders major J&K Police reshuffle; 100 officers transferred

Rayees Mohammad Bhat posted as DIG CID Headquarters, Danesh Rana named Police Housing Corporation MD

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Last updated: October 9, 2026 11:43 pm
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Published: October 9, 2026
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Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Friday ordered a major reshuffle in the Police Department, transferring and posting 100 police officers, including IPS and JKPS officers, with immediate effect.

According to Government Order No. 499-Home of 2026, dated October 9, issued by the Home Department, the reshuffle involves several key positions in the Police Housing Corporation, Home Guards, Civil Defence, SDRF, SKPA Udhampur, CID, Armed Police, Traffic, Railways, district police units and other wings.

Danesh Rana, IPS, has been appointed Managing Director of the J&K Police Housing Corporation, relieving J.M. Gillani, IPS, of the additional charge. Garib Dass, IPS, has been posted as Director of Home Guards, Civil Defence and SDRF, while Abdul Jabbar, IPS, has been appointed Inspector General of Police, Armed Police, Jammu.

Dr Mohd Haseeb Mughal, IPS, has been posted as Director of SKPA Udhampur, while Shahid Mehraj Rather, IPS, has been appointed IGP Technical Services, J&K. Rayees Mohammad Bhat, IPS, has been posted as DIG CID Headquarters, J&K.

The order also brings changes in several district police formations, including Srinagar, Jammu, Ganderbal, Kupwara, Bandipora, Sopore, Poonch, Ramban, Baramulla, Shopian, Kishtwar and other areas.

Swarn Singh Kotwal has been posted as DIG Udhampur-Reasi Range, while Shiv Kumar Sharma has been posted as DIG Railways. Zahid Naseem Manhas has been posted as DIG Armed Police, Jammu.

Aijaz Ahmad Bhat has been transferred from the post of SSP Traffic City Srinagar and posted as Commandant, 23 JKAP IR, while Bisma Qazi has been posted as SSP Traffic City Srinagar. Sudhanshu Dhama has been posted as SSP Kupwara, while Harshal Rajesh Mahajan has been posted as Additional SP Ganderbal.

Neha Jain has been posted as SSP Sopore, Anna Sinha as SSP Ramban, and Vaibhav Meena as SSP Poonch. K.M. Priyanka has been posted as SSP Traffic National Highway, while Anand Kumar Mishra has been appointed SSP ANTF, J&K.

Imtiyaz Hussain Mir has been posted as Director, CTC Lethpora, while Shailender Singh has been appointed Director, Civil Defence and SDRF, Kashmir.

Arun Gupta has been posted as SSP SS CID Headquarters, Tahir Saleem Khan as SSP Bandipora, Sajad Khaliq Bhat as SSP Handwara, and Wasim Qadri as SSP Security Kashmir.

Musadiq Majid Basu has been posted as SP East Srinagar, while Iftkhar Talib has been posted as SP SIA Headquarters. Master Popsy has been posted as SSP Rural Traffic Jammu, while Aijaz Ahmed Zargar has been posted as SSP A CID Headquarters.

The order also provides for changes in Armed Police battalions, Police Headquarters, Security, Crime, SIA, CID and other specialised wings.

Danesh Rana, IPS, has been appointed Managing Director of the J&K Police Housing Corporation, while Garib Dass, IPS, has been posted as Director, Home Guards, Civil Defence and SDRF.

Abdul Jabbar, IPS, has been appointed IGP Armed Police, Jammu, while Dr Mohd Haseeb Mughal, IPS, has been posted as Director, SKPA Udhampur. Shahid Mehraj Rather, IPS, has been appointed IGP Technical Services, J&K, and Rayees Mohammad Bhat, IPS, has been posted as DIG CID Headquarters, J&K.

Shiv Kumar Sharma, IPS, has been posted as DIG Railways, while Swarn Singh Kotwal, IPS, has been posted as DIG Udhampur-Reasi Range. Zahid Naseem Manhas, IPS, has been posted as DIG Armed Police, Jammu, and Aijaz Ahmad Bhat, IPS, has been posted as Commandant, 23 JKAP IR.

Mohd Yaseen Kichloo, IPS, has been posted as Principal, STC Talwara, while Sanjay Kumar Kotwal, IPS, has been posted as Commandant, 18 JKAP IR. Sudhanshu Dhama, IPS, has been posted as SSP Kupwara, and Bisma Qazi, IPS, as SSP Traffic City Srinagar.

Hareesh H.P., IPS, has been posted as Director, SSF, while Vishnu Kumar, IPS, has been posted as SSP Technical CID Headquarters. Arshi Aadil, IPS, has been posted as Commandant, 1 JKAP Women, and Tikam Singh Verma, IPS, as Commandant, 16 JKAP IR.

Kamal Pal Singh Malhotra, IPS, has been posted as SSP Administration Wing, JK4C, while K.M. Priyanka, IPS, has been posted as SSP Traffic National Highway. Vaibhav Meena, IPS, has been posted as SSP Poonch, Neha Jain, IPS, as SSP Sopore, and Anna Sinha, IPS, as SSP Ramban.

Harshal Rajesh Mahajan, IPS, has been posted as Additional SP Ganderbal, while Rajeev Kumar Ambasta, IPS, has been posted as Commandant, 3 JKAP Security. Deepak Yadav, IPS, has been posted as SP Operations, JK4C, and Anand Kumar Mishra, IPS, as SSP ANTF, J&K.

Satish Kumar, IPS, has been posted as SSP Railways Jammu, while Imtiyaz Hussain Mir, JKPS, has been posted as Director, CTC Lethpora. Shailender Singh, JKPS, has been posted as Director, Civil Defence and SDRF, Kashmir, and Shoket Hussain, JKPS, as AIG Welfare, PHQ.

Wasim Qadri, JKPS, has been posted as SSP Security Kashmir, while Rohit Baskotra, JKPS, has been posted as AIG Personnel Headquarters. Arun Gupta, JKPS, has been posted as SSP SS CID Headquarters, and Tahir Saleem Khan, JKPS, as SSP Bandipora.

Mohd Yousuf, JKPS, has been posted as SSP Railways Kashmir, while Khalil Ahmad Poswal, JKPS, has been posted as SSP Headquarters CID. Girdhari Lal, JKPS, has been posted as Commandant, 8 JKAP, and Ramesh Chander Kotwal, JKPS, as SSP Railways Katra.

Sukhdev Raj, JKPS, has been posted as Commandant, 12 JKAP IR, while Sanjay Rana, JKPS, has been posted as Commandant, 11 JKAP SAP. Shafket Hussain, JKPS, has been posted as Commandant, 2 JKAP Women, and Suram Singh, JKPS, as Deputy Director, SKPA Udhampur.

Raj Singh Gouria, JKPS, has been posted as SSP Security VIP (Technical), while Dr S.D. Choudhary, JKPS, has been posted as Commandant, 12 JKAP Security. Sanjay Sharma, JKPS, has been posted as Commandant, 7 JKAP Security, and Syed Al Tahir Gilani, JKPS, as SSP PCR Kashmir.

Master Popsy, JKPS, has been posted as SSP Rural Traffic Jammu, while Sajad Ahmad Shah, JKPS, has been posted as Commandant, 17 JKAP IR. Raja Adil Hamid Ganaie, JKPS, has been posted as Commandant, 13 JKAP, while Sajad Khaliq Bhat, JKPS, has been posted as SSP Handwara.

Aijaz Ahmed Zargar, JKPS, has been posted as SSP A CID Headquarters, while Farooq Qesor Malik, JKPS, has been posted as Commandant, 22 JKAP IR. Mushim Ahmad, JKPS, has been posted as AIG Technical, PHQ, and Mohd Anwar-ul-Haq, JKPS, as Staff Officer to IG Crime.

Zahoor Ahmed Wani, JKPS, has been posted as SP PTWS Srinagar, while Ayaz Ahmad Sheikh, JKPS, has been posted as SP SCW Kashmir. Vivek Shekhar Sharma, JKPS, has been posted as Additional SP Bhaderwah, and Irshad Hussain Rather, JKPS, as SSP Awantipora.

Iftkhar Talib, JKPS, has been posted as SP SIA Headquarters, while Mashkoor Ahmed Zargar, JKPS, has been posted as SP South Srinagar. Pardeep Singh, JKPS, has been posted as Deputy Commandant, 8 JKAP IR, and Raj Paul Singh, JKPS, as Deputy Director, SSG.

Gawhar Ahmed Khan, JKPS, has been posted as Deputy Commandant, 20 JKAP IR, while Ashiq Hussain Tak, JKPS, has been posted as SP Security, Civil Secretariat. Shabir Ahmad Khan, JKPS, has been posted as Deputy Commandant, 10 JKAP IR, and Naeem Ahmad Wani, JKPS, as SP Hazratbal.

Syed Yasir Qadri, JKPS, has been posted as Vice-Principal, CTC Lethpora, while Sandeep Bhat, JKPS, has been posted as Additional SP Headquarters Jammu. Sajad Ahmad Sheikh, JKPS, has been posted as Deputy Commandant, 2 JKAP Border, and Vinod Kumar, JKPS, as Deputy Director, SKPA Udhampur.

Dr Ajay Sharma, JKPS, has been posted as Deputy Commandant, 2 JKAP Border, while Hilal Khaliq Bhat, JKPS, has been posted as Deputy Commandant, 8 JKAP IR. Fahad Tak, JKPS, has been posted as Additional SP Baramulla, with additional charge of Additional SP Operations Baramulla, while Shah Umar, JKPS, has been posted as Additional SP PCR Srinagar.

Baljit Singh, JKPS, has been posted as SP North Jammu, while Pardeep Kumar, JKPS, has been posted as Additional SP Samba. Musadiq Majid Basu, JKPS, has been posted as SP East Srinagar, and Arvinder Singh Kotwal, JKPS, as Staff Officer to DIG Jammu-Samba-Kathua Range.

Mohd Shafiq, JKPS, has been posted as Additional SP Kishtwar, while Mohd Shafi Sheikh, JKPS, has been posted as Deputy Commandant, 4 JKAP IR. Bikram Kumar, JKPS, has been posted as Vice-Principal, PTTI Vijaypur, and Garu Ram, JKPS, as Deputy Commandant, 1 JKAP Border.

Rameez Rashid Bhat, JKPS, has been posted as Deputy Commandant, 23 JKAP IR, while Shivender Singh Jamwal, JKPS, has been posted as Additional SP Udhampur. Nikhil Rasgotra, JKPS, has been posted as Additional SP Nowshera, and Mubashir Rasool, JKPS, as SP Enforcement.

Tariq Mehmood, JKPS, has been posted as Deputy Commandant, 2 JKAP Women, while Raies Ahmed Mir, JKPS, has been posted as Deputy Commandant, 9 JKAP IR. Owaise Rashid, JKPS, has been posted as Deputy Commandant, 6 JKAP IR, and Gh. Mustafa Bhat, JKPS, as SP Headquarters Srinagar.

Ab. Raqeeb Malik, JKPS, has been posted as Additional SP CID Headquarters (AWP), while Hamid Ali Banday, JKPS, has been posted as Additional SP Operations Poonch. Abdul Maajid Magray, JKPS, has been posted as Additional SP Shopian, and Mir Burhan-Ul-Haq Kanth, JKPS, as Deputy Commandant, 12 JKAP Security.

Sajad Sarwer, JKPS, has been posted as Additional SP CID CI Jammu, while Vaseem Mehmood, JKPS, has been posted as Additional SP Rajouri. Suresh Kumar Sharma, JKPS, has been posted as Additional SP SB CID Jammu, Nissar Ahmad Darzi, JKPS, as Additional SP Ganderbal, and Varun Jandial, JKPS, as SP South Jammu.

The order has been issued by the Home Department in the name of the Lieutenant Governor and signed by Chandraker Bharti, IAS, Financial Commissioner/Additional Chief Secretary, Home. The transfers and postings shall take effect immediately, as specified in the government order. improve heading

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