BREAKING: Manoj Verma Replaces Vineet Goyal as Kolkata Police Commissioner

Kolkata: Senior IPS officer Manoj Verma, on Tuesday, replaced Vineet Goyal as the new Police Commissioner of Kolkata a day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a meeting with junior doctors in the city.

The decision to remove Goyal, who was under fire over handling of the rape and murder of the doctor at the RG Kar hospital, was announced by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday night after her meeting with agitating medics. 

Goyal, who was of the 1994 batch, was made the ADG and IGP of West Bengal Police's Special Task Force (STF). 

Verma, an officer of the 1998 batch, was the ADG and IGP (Law & Order) in his last assignment. 

Jawed Shamim, an IPS officer of the 1995 batch, was made the ADG and IGP (Law & Order).

(with PTI inputs)