Chandigarh, June 10 -- Punjab government on Monday posted Tarn Taran senior superintendent of police (SSP) Abhimanyu Rana as AIG, Intelligence, replacing him with IPS officer Deepak Pareek. Pareek, who was transferred out as SSP, Mohali, on May 13 and was awaiting posting.

Although the orders cite administrative grounds for the reshuffle, Rana's transfer comes amidst his vocal criticism by AAP Khadoor Sahib MLA Manjinder Singh Lalpura over the handling of sub-inspector Charanjit Singh case who was shot dead in April this year.

Lalpura, in a post on Facebook, had levelled allegations against SSP Rana for falsely implicating locals from his constituency in connection with the murder of SI.

The MLA, in his post, had alleged that while reg...