Two IPS officers stripped of elections duties in Punjab

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has stripped two IPS officers of election duties. Swapan Sharma, a 2009-batch IPS officer, currently serving as the Police Commissioner of Jalandhar and Kuldeep Chahal, also from the same batch, currently serving as the Police Commissioner of Ludhiana, have been transferred from their present posts. The Commission has asked the Chief Secretary to provide a panel of three eligible officers for each of the positions to be filled in Jalandhar and Ludhiana.