Chhattisgarh’s General Administration Department issued two orders on October 29 returning 12 police personnel on deputation at the Economic Offences Wing-Anti Corruption Bureau (EOW-ACB) to the Home Department, with immediate effect. The orders cover officers ranked Inspector to Constable and do not state a reason for the move.
What the two orders say
The repatriation came through two separate General Administration Department orders, both issued on October 29 and both taking effect immediately, according to Patrika. Together they move 12 personnel off deputation at the EOW-ACB and back onto the Home Department’s rolls.
The first order repatriates five inspectors: Virendra Chandra, Sharad Chandra, Brijesh Kushwaha, Santram Soni and Umendra Tandon. The second covers seven personnel spanning a wider range of ranks: Inspectors Paurush Purre and Saurabh Dwivedi, Sub-Inspector Jitendra Nande, Assistant Sub-Inspector Nirbhay Lal Dhruv, and Constables Abhishek Kumar, Ritesh Diwan and Sohan Dhruv.
Between the two orders, the ranks involved run from Inspector down to Constable, meaning the repatriation touches both the officers who typically lead case files at the EOW-ACB and the support staff who work under them on investigations. None of the 12 is named in connection with any specific case, inquiry, or complaint in the orders Patrika reviewed.
Personnel at the EOW-ACB, like at most specialised police units in Chhattisgarh, serve there on deputation from their parent cadre rather than as a permanent posting. A repatriation order of this kind sends an officer back to the Home Department’s pool, from where a fresh posting order typically follows, rather than ending their service.
The rank breakdown across both orders
Grouped by rank, the first order’s five names are all Inspectors: Virendra Chandra, Sharad Chandra, Brijesh Kushwaha, Santram Soni and Umendra Tandon. The second order is more mixed. It repatriates two more Inspectors, Paurush Purre and Saurabh Dwivedi, along with Sub-Inspector Jitendra Nande and Assistant Sub-Inspector Nirbhay Lal Dhruv, and three Constables, Abhishek Kumar, Ritesh Diwan and Sohan Dhruv.
That puts seven Inspectors in total among the 12, the rank that typically carries a case file at the EOW-ACB, alongside one Sub-Inspector, one Assistant Sub-Inspector and three Constables who would ordinarily support those investigations. Patrika’s report lists no other rank, such as Deputy Superintendent of Police or above, among those repatriated.
Why a staffing order at the anti-corruption unit matters
The EOW-ACB is the state agency that investigates corruption and economic-offence cases involving government officials and departments, so any change to who staffs it draws attention regardless of the reason. A reassignment of 12 personnel, spread across two orders issued the same day, is a large enough batch to be read as more than routine individual postings, even though neither order frames it that way.
For the officers and constables named, a repatriation order is primarily an administrative event: it ends their deputation tenure at the EOW-ACB and returns them to the Home Department’s cadre strength, from which the state typically issues a fresh posting within the following weeks.
Patrika’s report is explicit that it has not established a reason for the move. The outlet cautions against assuming the repatriation is linked to any ongoing inquiry, internal dispute, or disciplinary matter, since none of that is stated in the orders themselves.
Batch reshuffles at the EOW-ACB are not unprecedented in Chhattisgarh. The unit has gone through periodic personnel changes before, including wider revamps that moved officers in and out on deputation. What makes this particular order notable for readers is simply its size and the fact that no accompanying explanation was issued alongside it, leaving the staffing change to speak for itself for now.
What is not known yet
Neither order gives a reason for the repatriation, and no department official has been quoted on record explaining the decision. Patrika reports that separate orders assigning the 12 personnel to their next postings are expected to follow, which would normally clarify where each officer lands next, whether back in a district police establishment or elsewhere in the state force.
Until those posting orders are issued, it remains a personnel movement without a stated cause. This report will be updated, or a follow-up filed, if the state government or the EOW-ACB leadership issues any further clarification.
For now, readers following Chhattisgarh’s anti-corruption apparatus have two concrete facts to work with: the size of the batch, 12 personnel across two orders on a single day, and the complete absence of a stated reason in either order. Any narrative beyond that, whether a routine administrative rotation or something tied to the unit’s caseload, remains speculation until the department says otherwise.
The next postings for these 12 officers, whenever they are issued, will be the first concrete signal of where this particular reshuffle is headed.
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