Ahmedabad, Apr 20 (PTI) The Gujarat government today transfered IPS officers P P Pande, G L Singhal and ACP Tarun Barot following a suggestion by the High Court bench hearing the 2004 police encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others.
The three senior police officials are connected with the encounter of Ishrat and three others -- Javed Sheikh alias Pranesh Pillai, Amjad Ali Rana and Zeeshan Johar on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on June 15, 2004.
Transfer of these police officers comes a day before the hearing in the case by the Gujarat High court.
Pande, an ADGP rank officer who is heading the state CID, has been relieved from the additional charge of Additional Director General of Police, state Intelligence Bureau (IB), with immediate effect.
ADGP (law and order) S K Sinha has been given the charge as head of the state IB.