PANAJI
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has effected a major reshuffle of IAS and IPS officers, transferring several senior officers to and from Goa.
As part of the latest orders, IAS officer Michael D’Souza has been transferred to Goa from the Union Territory of Ladakh, while IAS officer Nikhil Dessai has been moved from Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (DNH&DD) to Goa.
On the police side, IPS officer SM Prabhudessai has been transferred from Arunachal Pradesh to Goa, and IPS officer Shruti Arora has been moved from Ladakh to the State.
At the same time, the MHA has ordered the transfer of IAS officers Sanjeev Ahuja and Ankita Mishra out of Goa. IPS officer Akshat Kaushal has also been transferred from the State.
Ahuja was holding the position as Secretary Tourism and IT while Mishra was Excise Commissioner.
Kaushal, who had come under the scanner following the stampede at the Devi Lairai zatra in Shirgao in May last year, an incident that claimed seven lives and triggered widespread criticism over crowd management and policing arrangements, was in-charge of State Police Control Room. Following the incident, he was shunted out as SP North.
Sources said the transfers of the senior officers are part of a routine administrative exercise undertaken by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
