Kolkata gets new police commissioner, Manoj Kumar Verma replaces Vineet Goyal

Vineet Kumar Goyal, who was the Kolkata Police Commissioner, has now been transferred to the post of Additional Director General (ADG) of the Special Task Force.
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Less than 24 hours after holding talks with junior doctors protesting the rape and murder of a 31-year-old junior doctor at the government-run RG Kar Hospital, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has appointed Manoj Kumar Verma as the new Kolkata Police Commissioner.

One of the five main demands of the protesting young doctors was to fire Vineet Kumar Goyal, whom Verma replaced on September 17.

After the first round of talks with a delegation of junior doctors at her Kalighat residence, CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday evening announced the removal of senior police and health officials, including Kolkata Police Commissioner Goyal.

Goyal, who was part of the 1994 batch, has been transferred as Additional Director General (ADG) and Inspector General of Police (IGP) of the Special Task Force (STF) of the West Bengal Police.

Verma, a 1998 batch officer, was the ADG and IGP (Law & Order) of West Bengal Police during his last posting.

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