Nagpur: Questioned transfer policy has left the city police in trouble when 147 officers from various rankings have been transferred while only 25 are added, reducing strength substantially.
The city has 33 police stations with each having at least four chowkies regardless of the five crime zonal squads and other special units.
Former CP PKB Chakravourthy who Nagpur said the state police and motorist’s motorbike attitude towards Nagpur police were not new.
“Apart from several CPS, no one wants to work in Nagpur.
If the CPS is very reluctant then what can be expected from a lower ranking officer,” he said, which stated that the state public service commission body must also be asked why candidates talented from Vidarbha failed to be chosen In large quantities as their Western Maharashtra colleagues.
Fiasco posts have worsened the number of officers who can be ignored posted in the city.
The transferred officers will be released only when the newly posted join.
Sources said Amitesh Kumar City Police Chief had asked to be higher in the state police to allow him to detain officers until the state legislative winter session or until he got a number of sub-supervisors, assistant inspectors and inspectors to run the coming.
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Lessoned that Kumar also showed the fact that the power of the running out of officers would paralyze routine work, maintenance of law and order and investigation.
Kumar refused to divulge information about transfer issues.
“This is an internal administration problem,” he told Toi.
Discovered that city police have approved 135 inspectors, 172 assistant inspectors and 426 sub-inspectors.
Before the transfer order, there are around 129 inspectors, 162 assitan inspectors and 300 sub-inspectors.
After order, 68 sub-inspectors shifted to around 25 were transferred from the city by the state police headquarters.
Only three are posted here.
About 29 assistant inspectors were transferred but seven were posted here.
“The officers wanted to work only in Mumbai, Thane and Pune for the best known for them.
There was a hurry to avoid Vidarbha,” said an insider.
The source stated that some officers were well connected, using political influence, ensuring their posts in Nagpur and elsewhere in Vidarbha were canceled.
“Some officers also approached politicians to suppress senior officers to change their posts, get their preferred posts or even release immediately after being transferred while the people who are waiting for their official turn to be affected.
Not only officers, even family and education their children are affected by There are no schools who want to admit mid-session, “an officer said in anonymity.