Early Times Report
Jammu, June 19: Two months have passed after his transfer to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the former chief of Delhi Police’s anti-terror cell Sanjeev Kumar Yadav is likely to get an important assignment very soon. Highly placed sources in the corridors of power said that Yadav’s services and expertise in dealing with terrorism would be utilized in Jammu and Kashmir to check the functioning of various terrorist outfits in the Union Territory.
“Sanjeev Kumar Yadav was specially deputed to J&K due to experience in solving many terror cases”, sources said and added that the Home Ministry is looking for a very important assignment for Yadav.
An expert in solving record terror-related cases, Deputy Commissioner of the Special Cell of Delhi Police, Sanjeev Yadav, IPS, was transferred to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on April 20.
Two IPS officers from Delhi namely Umesh Kumar and Sanjeev Kumar Yadav were transferred to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on April 20.
Four Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officers are also transferred to the UT of J&K. Devansh Yadav, Ayushi Sudan Minga Sherpa, all from Arunachal Pradesh were transferred to Jammu and Kashmir. Another IAS officer namely Rashmi Singh was also transferred from Delhi to J&K.
DCP Special Cell of Delhi Police Sanjeev Kumar Yadav is likely to get an important assignment in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Highly placed sources said that it was also due to Yadav's expertise in dealing with terror-related cases that he has been transferred to Jammu and Kashmir.
Earlier Rakesh Bhalwal, 2012 batch IPS officer of Manipur cadre, was transferred to J&K and appointed as Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of the highly sensitive Srinagar district. Rakesh Balwal was part of the NIA team that presented the 13,800-page chargesheet to the court on the Pulwama terror attack and everything in between, which led to multiple arrests.
Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, IPS was conferred with the President's Medal for Gallantry on the eve of Republic Day 2022. This was the 11th time that he has received this medal for his exemplary service to the country.
Yadav, an IPS officer of the AGMUT cadre, is spearheading the anti-terrorist unit of the Delhi Police Special Cell, since 2004.
He is the only officer in the Indian Police to have investigated 44 terror-related cases along with 15 other heinous cases and has arrested more than 100 terrorists of different international terrorist organizations like Indian Mujahedeen, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Hizbul-Mujahedeen, Khalistan organization, Babbar Khalsa International, Kangleipak Communist Party of North East, SIMI and Naxals. |
