SHILLONG, Feb 7 NNN: In a sudden development ahead of the February 23 Meghalaya Assembly elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday ordered for the removal of incumbent Meghalaya Director General of Police (DGP), Kulbir Krishan.
Krishan was immediately replaced by Director General (Prisons), Prem Singh who has been appointed to head the State police during the elections. Singh will take over on Friday as the new DGP.
The transfer order issued here on Thursday came in the wake following several complaints by political parties to the ECI against Krishan who just took over as DGP not even two months back.
Sources revealed that the sudden transfer was a result of several complaints received by the Commission from political parties as well as individuals claiming that he was failing in the discharge of his duties.
According to an ECI central observer who is camping in Shillong, the decision of the ECI to replace Krishan was taken after some political parties and politicians had complaint to the ECI about their apprehension that Krishan is not likely to be neutral during the elections.
Krishan had been appointed as the new Meghalaya DGP on November 30 by the Congress led coalition government of Mukul Sangma.
“It is not once but couple of times we got complaints from political parties as well as individual politicians of their apprehension that the conduct of elections might not be neutral, so the ECI decided to replace him with Prem Singh,” an election official said
Prem Singh who had earlier served as an acting Meghalaya DGP is seen as one of the most upright officer whose integrity is unquestionable. He does not curry favour to anyone within and outside the political circle.
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