SRINAGAR: The Ladakh Administration has ordered the transfer and posting of 14 police officers, including IPS and JKPS officers, with immediate effect, assigning new responsibilities across the Union Territory.
The transfers were ordered through Government Order No. 88-Home of 2026, dated October 20, issued by the Home Department of the Ladakh Administration in the interest of administration.
Among the key changes, Pawan Kumar, IPS, who was serving as SP Traffic, SP Security and SP Telecom, has been posted as Superintendent of Police (SP), Sankoo, following the creation of the new district through Government Order SO No. 284 dated October 16, 2026.
Rishabh Shukla, IPS, has been posted as SP Changthang, while Stanzin Norboo, JKPS, has been appointed Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Zanskar. Stanzin Losal, JKPS, has been posted as SSP, Nubra, relinquishing his additional charge as SSP, CID, Ladakh.
Sonam Dechen, JKPS, has been appointed SSP, CID, Ladakh, while Rigzin Sandup, who was serving as SP Zanskar, has been posted as AIG Provision at Police Headquarters.
Altaf Ahmad Shah, IPS, will continue as Commandant of the IRP 25th Battalion and Principal of the Police Training School (PTS), with the additional charge of SP Traffic.
Rajneesh Garg, IPS, has been assigned the responsibilities of AIG Personnel and AIG Crime/Welfare at Police Headquarters. Koyye Chitti Raju, IPS, has been posted as Deputy Superintendent of Police (Dy SP), Headquarters, Leh.
Zaheer Abbas Jafari, JKPS, has been posted as SP Security and SP Telecom, with the additional charge of SP Prisons. Aijaz Ahmad Malik, JKPS, will continue as SP Sham without the additional charges previously assigned to him.
Govind Rattan, JKPS, has been posted as Deputy Commandant of the IRP 25th Battalion, with additional responsibilities as Staff Officer to the Director General of Police (DGP), AIG CIV and SP SDRF.
Manzoor Hussain, who was serving as Station House Officer (SHO), Police Station Leh, has been posted as Dy SP CID, Leh, while Sonam Regzin, who was serving as Dy SP CID, Leh, has been assigned as Dy SP CIV.
The order directs all transferred officers to hand over and take over their charges immediately and report to their new places of posting without delay.
