The Indian Police Service (IPS) is one of the three All India Services as envisaged in the Constitution of India. It replaced the Indian Imperial Police in 1948
Indian police beat coronavirus curfew violators with sticks
Videos circulating on social media platforms showed officers walking up to individuals riding motorbikes or walking on the streets of India and beating them with sticks.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday ordered a three-week lockdown across the country less than four hours before it was to be imposed.
India has reported 863 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 20 deaths.
Its position as the world’s second most populous country, with a population of 1.3 billion, could make India the next coronavirus hotspot, according to health experts.
Among the transferred IPS officers is Vishwajit Mahapatra who has been made the Director General (DG), Special Investigation, while Sunil Kumar Gupta has been made ADG Telecom. Jyoti Narayan is now the Inspector General of Police (Law & Order) and Vijay Prakash is the new IG of Police Fire Service.
