Kolkata, Oct 31 (PTI) In a minor reshuffle in the IPS cadre, the West Bengal government on Tuesday named Gyanwant Singh as the new director of the Directorate of Economic Offences, a senior official said.

Singh, a 1993-batch IPS officer, replaced Natarajan Ramesh Babu, who was named the ADG of state Provisioning, the official said.

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Singh was the ADG of the state Counter Insurgency Force (CIF).

Ajay Nand, who was the ADG & IGP of West Bengal Telecommunication, replaced Singh as the new ADG of CIF.

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Vivek Sahay, DGP Provisioning, was made the DG and CG of state Home Guards, he added.

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