SPs of Narmadapuram, Harda Removed For Farmers' Stir, Panna SP Goes For Ken-Betwa Agitation

Madhya Pradesh's superintendent of police (SP) transfers have been ongoing in response to administrative and law and order concerns. Twelve IPS officers, including the SPs of five districts, were transferred on Wednesday night. The government halted one transfer on Thursday after protests from farmers. The Narmadapuram and Harda districts saw the removal of their SPs due to farmers' demonstrations.

The SP of Panna was also removed following the Ken-Betwa agitation. The administration was unhappy with the removal of the collector and SP from Harda and Narmadapuram during the farmer protest. The government believed the land acquisition for the project's rehabilitation led to the protests. The SPs from Narmadapuram, Harda, and Panna were transferred to different positions, including AIG of the police headquarters, commandant of the Special Armed Force, and DIG.

The SP of Betul was posted as deputy commissioner of police (traffic) in Bhopal, while Deepak Shukla, who was previously the commandant of the 32 battalion of SAF in Ujjain, was sent to Narmadapuram as SP. Ankit Jaiswal, who was the SP (rail) in Bhopal, was assigned to Harda as SP. Amit Saxena, who served as AIG, PHQ, was sent to Betul as SP.

Samar Verma, SP of EOW in Ujjain, was transferred to Alirajpur as its SP. Shrutikirti Somwanshi, who worked as the commandant of the 13th battalion in Gwalior, was reassigned to the second battalion in Gwalior. Abhishek Anand was posted to the 15th battalion, where he received additional charge of PTC (Indore). Vahini Singh remained posted in PTC (Indore).