Gandhinagar: Shabbir Hussain Shekhadam Khandwawala was on Saturday named Gujarat's new police chief, seven years after the state was enveloped by communal violence.
Khandwawala, a 1973 Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and a Muslim by faith, succeeds PC Pandey, who was the Ahmedabad police commissioner when the 2002 violence took place.
The Gujarat government announced a major reshuffle in the police force ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
According to an official statement, Khandwawala was director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), a post that now goes to Pandey.
Pandey, a 1972 batch IPS officer, was accused of inaction during the 2002 attacks on Muslims. The Election Commission had ordered Pandey's transfer ahead of the December 2007 assembly elections.
SK Saikia, a 1977 batch IPS officer, has been named the Ahmedabad police commissioner. Incumbent OP Mathur will be the commissioner of communication.
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