India, May 17 -- In a significant bureaucratic reshuffle, 68 officers from the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre - including 42 IAS and 26 IPS officers - have been transferred, with several posted out of the national capital.

Among them is New Delhi deputy commissioner of police Devesh Kumar Mahla (2012 batch), who has been transferred to Arunachal Pradesh. Mahla was serving as DCP of New Delhi when a fire broke out at the official residence of justice Yashwant Varma in March, leading to the recovery of cash and drawing much public attention.

On the administrative side, some of the Delhi government's most senior IAS officers have been transferred. Additional chief secretary (finance) Ashish Chandra Verma ...