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Sanjeev Kumar Sinha

IPS, Madhya Pradesh cadre, 2016 batch, Serving 2025

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  • Documented
  • One report
  • Years with no move on record

Guna SP removed by a late-night order six days after his police booked a BJP councillor and VHP members over a Hanuman Jayanti clash.

On the record

These sudden transfers are sending a very wrong message—that any officer who upholds the law against politically influential individuals can easily be sidelined.
Arun Gurtu, former DGP, Madhya Pradesh (to ThePrint), theprint.in

The moves, and what came of them

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  1. Documented

    Superintendent of Police, GunaPolice Headquarters, Bhopal (AIG)

    After communal violence during a Hanuman Jayanti rally on 12 April 2025, Guna police registered FIRs against a dozen Muslims on the councillor's complaint, and two days later two more FIRs: one against BJP councillor Omprakash Kushwaha and 14 associates (rally without permission, slogans outside a mosque, rioting) on a sub-inspector's complaint, and one against VHP members for blocking city squares. According to ThePrint, Sinha was removed by a late-night order six days after the FIRs. FPJ reported that Sinha had said CCTV showed no stone-pelting and that the procession lacked permission.

    Up against
    Omprakash Kushwaha ('Gabbar'), BJP councillor, Guna ward 4, BJP; also VHP members Government: Mohan Yadav (BJP), Madhya Pradesh.
    Reported reason
    FPJ: 'His statement upset several Hindu organizations, and it is believed that this led to his transfer.' and 'Reports say the matter reached senior political leaders, after which action was taken.' ThePrint described it as the third such transfer in eight months under the Mohan Yadav government.
    The officer said
    Sinha refused to comment to ThePrint.
    The other side said
    No reason was given in public. ThePrint said it contacted DGP Kailash Makwana and got no response by publication.
    Outcome
    Ankit Soni posted as SP Guna.
    What became of the matter
    Unknown. Status of the FIR against Kushwaha and the VHP FIR after the transfer not found. RTI drafted.

    ThePrint, Apr 2025 · Free Press Journal, Apr 2025