Shalini Singh has become the first woman chief of Delhi Police Crime Branch ahead of 75th Republic Day. In a major reshuffle Delhi police transferred 27 officers.Singh, a 1996 batch IPS from AGMUT cadre was serving as special commissioner of Economic Offence Wing (EOW).
Who is Shalini Singh
A bold and intelligent officer, Shalini Singh hit the headlines last year when she was investigating an accident case. During new year celebration car in which five people were travelling, dragged a 20 years old girl riding on scooty for 12 kms. The accident was caught on CCTV camera and it had stunned the entire nation. Shalini Singh had investigated the case. Home minister Amit Shah had called Shalini Singh with report of this case.
In her career spanning 27 years, Shalini Singh has cracked many blind murders also while helping government maintain law and order during communal riots and Covid times. In 2004, she solved a murder case in which a retired Lt General of army and his wife was murdered at their home. Singh and her team investigated the case and nabbed the killer from Nepal border.
Shalini Singh's husband Anil Shukla is also a 1996 batch IPS from AGMUT cadre. Currently, he is serving as DG police Mizoram. He has been credited to have led the investigation of Pulwama terrorist attack when he was serving in National Investigation Agency (NIA). In 2022, in a rare first, the police-couple received special service medal together on Republic Day from the President of India for exemplary services in force.
Other transfers:
- Dependra Pathak (IPS: 1990: AGMUT)has been appointed as Special CP/Security.
- Rajender Pal Upadhayay (IPS: 1991: AGMUT) has been appointed as Special CP/Special Cell.
- Virender Singh (IPS: 1991: AGMUT)has been appointed as Special CP/Licensing (Addl Charge of Legal Division).
- Ravindra Singh Yadav (IPS: 1995: AGMUT) has been appointed as Special CP/Law & Order Division (Zone-I).
- Madhup Kumar Tiwari (IPS: 1995: AGMUT) has been appointed as Special CP/Law & Order Division (Zone-II).
- Sagar Preet Hooda (IPS: 1997: AGMUT) has been appointed as Special CP/Ops. (PCR & Division Communication) (Addl. Charge of Perception Management & Media Cell Division).
- Hargobinder Singh (IPS: 1997: AGMUT) has been appointed as Special CP/Traffic (Zone-II).
- Surender Singh Yadav (IPS: 1997: AGMUT) has been appointed as Special CP/EOW.
- K Jegadesan (IPS: 1998: AGMUT) has been appointed as Special CP/Traffic (Zone-I).
- Chhaya Sharma (IPS: 1999: AGMUT)has been appointed as Special CP/Training (Addl. Division Charge of SPUWAC & SPUNER).
- Usha Rangnani (IPS: 2011: AGMUT)has been appointed as DCP/IGI Airport.
- Ingit Pratap Singh (IPS: 2011: AGMUT) has been appointed as DCP/Vigilance.
- Pranav Tayal (IPS: 2011: AGMUT) has been appointed as DCP/Special Branch (Addl. Charge of DCP/Tech. & PI).
- Sanjay Kumar Sain (IPS: 2011: AGMUT) has been appointed as DCP/Crime Branch.
- Manoj C (IPS: 2011: AGMUT) has been appointed as DCP/Special Cell.
- Guguloth Amrutha (IPS: 2011:AGMUT) has been appointed as DCP/EOW.
- Deotosh Kr Surendra Singh (IPS: 2011: AGMUT) has been appointed as DCP/HQ-II (Addl. Charge of DCP/HQ-III).
- M Harsha Vardhan (IPS: 2012: AGMUT) has been appointed as DCP/Central District.
- Devesh Kumar Mahla (IPS: 2012: AGMUT) has been appointed as DCP/New Delhi District.
- Rohit Meena (IPS: 2012: AGMUT) has been appointed as DCP/South-West District.
- Rakesh Paweriya (IPS: 2012: AGMUT)has been appointed as DCP/Crime.
- Apoorva Gupta (IPS: 2013: AGMUT)has been appointed as DCP/East District.
- Surendra Choudhary (IPS: 2013: AGMUT) has been appointed as DCP/Shahdara District.
- Ankit Kumar Singh (IPS: 2013: AGMUT) has been appointed as DCP/Dwarka District.
- Kamalpal Singh (DANIPS: 2009) has been appointed as DCP/Railways (Addl. Charge of DCP/HQ-IV & IT).
- Patel Aalap Mansukh (DANIPS: 2010) has been appointed as DCP/Security.
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