50 IPS officers transferred in Gujarat

The Gujarat government has transferred 50 Indian Police Service officers, including Satish Verma, a member of special investigation team which probed Ishrat Jahan encounter case.

Verma, currently a Joint Commissioner of police (traffic) for Ahmedabad city, has been now appointed as principal of Police Training College in Junagadh.

As per the notification issued late Saturday night, six IPS officers have been promoted from the rank of Superintendent of Police (Superintendent of police) to Deputy Inspector General. They include R J Savani, accused of negligence by 2002 Gujarat riots victims.

Eleven police inspectors have been promoted as deputy superintendents of Police, and transfered. Seven existing DySP rank officers have been also transfered.

Verma was a part of the Gujarat High Court-appointed Special Investigating Team in Ishrat case. The SIT concluded that the encounter was fake, following which the high court handed over the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation