New Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma is a Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1998 batch who until yesterday served as the Additional Director General (ADGP) and Inspector-General of Police (Law and Order) of West Bengal Police. Published: September 17, 2024 4:45 PM IST By Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government Tuesday appointed decorated IPS officer Manoj Kumar Verma as the new Police Commissioner of Kolkata, replacing Vineet Goyal who has come under fire for the allegedly botching up the initial investigation in the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at the city’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last month. CM Banerjee, following a meeting with protesting doctors on Monday, made the announcement at around midnight that Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal, Director of Medical Education (DME) Kaustav Nayek, and north Kolkata Deputy Commissioner Abhishek Gupta, and Director of health services Debashish Haldar would be shunted from their current postings.
An official order to this effect was issued on Tuesday, naming Manoj Verma, formerly ADG law and order, as the new Kolkata Police chief, while his predecessor, Vineet Kumar Goyal, has been appointed as the ADG & IGP of Special Task Force (STF). Who is IPS Manoj Verma? Manoj Kumar Verma is a Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1998 batch who until yesterday served as the Additional Director General (ADGP) and Inspector-General of Police (Law and Order) of Wes.