SSP Posting: decorated Punjab Police Officer misses the bus; transfer cancels before joining as SSP
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ February 23,2025
Today,Punjab government has issue a transfer order of 1 IPS and 2 PPS officers.
In today’s order, the state government has cancelled the transfer order of Gurmeet Singh Chuhan, a decorated and a well known Punjab police IPS officer as SSP Ferozepur and posted him back as AIG, AGTF, Punjab.
In his place Bhupinder Singh, PPS has been posted as new SSP of a border district, Ferozepur and that too with additional charge.
Just two days back, on February 21,2025 Punjab Government had posted Gurmeet Singh Chuhan as SSP Ferozepur. But, within 48 hours, his posting orders as SSP Ferozepur are cancelled.
Earlier, Gurmeet Singh Chuhan, IPS of 2011 batch, was posed as Tarn Taran SSP in November 2022. But in September 2023, it was alleged that Gurmeet Singh Chuhan was removed as SSP Tarn Taran due to political pressure and was not given posting for many days.
Chuhan was instrumental in controlling drugs-terror nexus, curbing drug menace, terrorist activities, illegal sand mining etc. as SSP Tarn Taran
As per available information he was transferred from SSP, Tarn Taran after he had booked MLAs brother-in-law in illegal sand mining case. The controversy erupted after the police claimed to have arrested Nishan Singh of Khawaspur, who is the brother-in-law of AAP MLA from Khadoor Sahib, Manjinder Singh Lalpura.
Nishan was among 10 persons arrested for alleged illegal sand mining during a special raid by the CIA staff of Tarn Taran police on September 26,2023 night. According to the police, around 10 tipper trucks three of them with sand) ,an excavator , motor cycle, an Innova were recovered from the spot and the mining operation was being operated by one Avtar Singh with the help of Nishan. A case under IPC and the Mining Act had been registered at the Goindwal Sahib police station in Tarn Taran district.
Lalpura had alleged that his brother-in-law was implicated in a false case in a preplanned conspiracy. He alleged that the SSP had taken ‘revenge’ from him as he had flared up the issue of corruption in Tarn Taran police a fortnight ago.
SSP Posting: decorated Punjab Police Officer misses the bus; transfer cancels before joining as SSP. Chuhan had been awarded with President Police Medal for Gallantry, by Chief Minister etc.
