Srinagar, Oct 9 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday carried out a reshuffle in the police department, transferring 21 officers, including seven IPS officers.

Among those transferred are police chiefs of five districts, officials said.

In an order issued by the home department, the L-G directed the transfers of seven IPS officers and 14 officers from the Jammu and Kashmir Police Services (JKPS).

Senior IPS officer Abdul Ghani Mir, who was recently posted to the Jammu and Kashmir segment of the AGMUT cadre and was awaiting an order of posting, has been made the Commandant General, Home Guards, Civil Defence, and SDRF, relieving Alok Kumar, who held additional charge of the post, the order said.

Mir, a 1994-batch IPS officer who was promoted to the rank of

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