Shimla, Jan. 15 -- Amid emotions running high in the wake of recent remarks against sections of the IAS and IPS by a cabinet minister, the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu government in Himachal Pradesh has cleared a series of promotions and postings involving senior Indian Police Service officers.
As per official notifications issued by the state Home Department, five IPS officers of the 1995 and 1996 batches of the Himachal Pradesh cadre have been promoted to the rank of Director General (Level-16 of the Pay Matrix). The promotions come at a sensitive time, when relations between the political executive and the bureaucracy are under strain following public statements by ministers questioning the role of certain officers.
Of the promoted officers,...