The Punjab government on Saturday transferred seven IPS officers including Senior Superintendent of Police, Ferozepur.
IPS officer Harmandeep Singh Hans, SSP Ferozepur, has been posted as Commandant 3rd IRB, Ludhiana.
Narinder Bhargav will be the new SSP Ferozepur.
Hans was Ferozepur SSP during the Wednesday “security lapse” in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s convoy was stranded on a flyover.
The decision to transfer him was taken even as separate probes by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and State are yet to be completed.
SSP Bhatinda, Ajay Maluja was asked for an explanation by the MHA. He had stated that he facilitated smooth passage of the PM’s cavalcade to the jurisdiction of Bathinda.
In total, nine officers have been transferred in the PM security breach row. Several officers had additional charges which have now been removed since an officer cannot hold two posts in a state which is due for elections.
On January 5, PM’s cavalcade was stuck near Piareana village on the Ferozepur-Moga highway for about 20 minutes after activists of ultra-Left BKU (Krantikari) blocked the highway.
Following an unprecedented lapse of the PM’s security, a high-powered panel of the ministry of home affairs (MHA) rushed to Ferozepur on Friday to record statements of 14 top officials of the police and civil administration.
On Wednesday, Modi was on the way to Ferozepur for foundation stone laying functions of development projects worth ₹43,000 crore and then a public address. He had a plan to first visit the National Martyrs Memorial to pay homage to the freedom fighters Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev and Batukeshwar Dutt at Hussainiwala, located a few meters from the Pakistan border.
