Sunday , November 24 2024

Tarun Gaba becomes the new police commissioner of Prayagraj


Prayagraj, June 22 (HS). Before the Maha Kumbh, Prayagraj Police Commissioner Ramit Sharma has been transferred and Tarun Gaba has been appointed in his place. Gaba, a native of Chandigarh, is a 2001 batch IPS officer. Gaba has also previously worked in the CBI.

Ramit Sharma, who became the first commissioner of Prayagraj after the implementation of the police commissionerate system, has been sent to the post of ADG Bareilly. IPS officer Rajesh Mishra has been posted as Superintendent of Police Kumbh Mela. During Ramit Sharma's tenure, apart from the Umesh Pal murder case and the murder of mafia Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf, many shooters of his gang were encountered. Also, action was taken to run bulldozers on their houses.