The Election Commission on Tuesday made sweeping changes in Bengal’s police administration through two separate sets of transfer orders affecting 19 IPS officers. Soon after the announcement of the election schedule for Bengal, the Election Commission has gone on overdrive to “cleanse” the administration; it has ruffled the Trinamool’s feathers. On Tuesday, the commission appointed K. Jayaraman as additional director general and inspector general of police for north Bengal, which will go to polls in the first phase of elections on April 23. Before the Election Commission stepped in, he was posted as administrator at the Forensic Science Laboratory. Papiya SultanaThe Election Commission on Tuesday sent Papiya Sultana, the first Muslim IPS officer in Bengal, as superintendent of police of West Midnapore, among the trouble zones in the state.

Source: The Telegraph March 17, 2026 09:57 UTC