Anuj Sharma who has been removed
Kolkata, April 6,2019: The Election Commission of India has appointed Rajesh Kumar as new commissioner of Kolkata after replacing Anuj Sharma. Rajesh,additional director general, Pollution Control Board was appointed as the Kolkata top cop on Friday night.
ECI has also made it clear that Sharma should not be involved by the state government in “any election related duties.”
Sharma was appointed as head of the city police in the third week of February replacing Rajeev Kumar.
The letter also conveyed the ECI’s decision to appoint Natarajan Ramesh Babu as the commissioner of Bidhan Nagar Police and Avannu Ravindranath as the police super of Birbhum district.
Ramesh Babu replaced Gyanwant Singh from Bidhan Nagar Police. According to the EC letter, Singh, too, has to be kept away from any poll related duty.
Shrihari Pandey was appointed the superintendent of police of Diamond Harbour.
“The direction of the commission be implemented with immediate effect and a compliance report in respect of joining of above officers be sent within 24 hours,” the letter said.