Team Herald
PANJIM: IPS officer couple Karthik and Priyanka Kashyap, probing some major criminal and corruption cases, has been transferred to Mizoram after over five years of being posted in Goa.
The transfer order issued by the Home Affairs Ministry on Friday comes ahead of the enforcement of the code of conduct for the upcoming by-polls in the State and Lok Sabha elections. The two officers would be replaced by IPS officers Aslam Khan and Pankaj Singh, who are presently serving in Delhi Police.
The Kashyap couple has been in Goa since 2013, and was earlier transferred in October 2016 but not relieved as the State headed for the Assembly elections in February 2017 and the code of conduct was in force. This order has been cancelled.
Karthik has served in different areas such as Crime branch, Cyber Cell and Narcotics Cell while Priyanka served as North Superintendent of Police and is presently heading the ACB.
During their tenure till date, Karthik has handled the high profile Louis Berger case, mining scam involving some Congress politicians and others, rape case against former minister Atanasio Monserrate, whereas Priyanka headed the brutal clash between the Nigerians and the police at Porvorim in October 2013 as the head of North Goa police.
