Chandigarh, March 10 -- In another major rejig in the vigilance bureau, the Punjab home department has transferred seven SSP-rank officials.

The new officers have been deputed to the service of vigilance bureau, whose posting will be assigned by the VB chief director.

Overall, 16 police officers were shifted on Sunday.

The reshuffle in vigilance bureau was in the offing after the removal of Varinder Kumar as chief director last month. The new chief director, G Nageshwar Rao, has now placed his team of officers in VB to undertake a drive against corruption.

Interestingly, Manmohan Kumar, who headed the flying squad of VB at Mohali and cracked major corruption cases, has not been given any posting. The former VB chief director has also ...