The sweep — described by officials as routine administrative rotation — hands new chiefs to Ganderbal, Kupwara, Bandipora, Ramban and Poonch districts, alongside fresh heads for key institutions including the Police Housing Corporation, Home Guards, CID and the Traffic wing.
Srinagar: In one of the largest recent reshuffles in the Jammu and Kashmir police, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday ordered the transfer of 100 senior police officers with immediate effect, including the chiefs of several district police units.
According to officials, Government Order No. 499-Home of 2026, dated October 9 and issued by the Home Department, covers 28 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers, while the remaining officers belong to the Jammu and Kashmir Police Service (JKPS).
Several key field formations have received new heads under the order. The districts of Ganderbal, Kupwara, Bandipora, Ramban and Poonch have got new chiefs, and so have the police districts of Sopore, Handwara and Awantipora.
Among the top-level changes, Danesh Rana, a 1996-cadre IPS officer who was awaiting posting, has been appointed Managing Director of the J&K Police Housing Corporation, relieving J.M. Gillani of the additional charge. Garib Dass, IPS, who was serving as director of the Sher-e-Kashmir Police Academy (SKPA) in Udhampur, has been posted as head of Home Guards, Civil Defence and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF).
Dr Mohd Haseeb Mughal, IPS, will take over as the new director of SKPA Udhampur, while Abdul Jabbar, IPS, has been appointed Inspector General of Police, Armed Police, Jammu. Shahid Mehraj Rather, IPS, has been posted as Inspector General of Police, Technical Services, J&K, and Rayees Mohammad Bhat, IPS, has been posted as Deputy Inspector General of Police at the CID Headquarters, J&K.
Further changes at the DIG level include Swarn Singh Kotwal as the new DIG of the Udhampur-Reasi Range, Shiv Kumar Sharma as DIG Railways, and Zahid Naseem Manhas as DIG Armed Police, Jammu.
At the city and district level, Aijaz Ahmad Bhat, who was SSP Traffic in Srinagar city, has been shifted as Commandant of the 23rd J&K Armed Police IR battalion, while Bisma Qazi has been posted as the new SSP Traffic of Srinagar city. Sudhanshu Dhama has been posted as SSP Kupwara, and Harshal Rajesh Mahajan as Additional Superintendent of Police, Ganderbal.
The order also brings changes to the Railways Police and the Security Wing. Officials said the reshuffle also involves key positions in the Police Housing Corporation, Home Guards, Civil Defence, SDRF, CID, Traffic, Railways and district police units across both divisions.
Officials described the rejig as part of routine administrative rotation aimed at strengthening law and order management across the Union Territory, noting that large-scale transfers of this kind have taken place periodically to address operational requirements.
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