Srinagar, Mar 2, KDC: Sheikh Zulfkar Azad has been repatriated to his parent department, the J&K Police, as the Lieutenant Governor administration on Monday ordered a series of transfers and deputations in the Prisons Department with immediate effect.
According to Government Order No. 145-Home of 2026 dated March 2, 2026, Azad, who was serving as Superintendent Central Jail Srinagar, has been relieved from the Prisons Department.
The government has deputed three police officers to the Prisons Department. Ch. Iftkhar Ahmed (SP) has been posted as Superintendent Jail, District Jail Poonch; Rayaz Iqbal Tantray (SP) as Superintendent Jail, District Jail Anantnag; and Aejaz Ahmad Malik (SP) as Superintendent Jail, Special Jail Pulwama.
Ms. Saba Shawl, Superintendent Jail presently serving as Staff Officer to DGP Prisons, has been transferred and posted as Superintendent Jail, Central Jail Srinagar.
Meanwhile, Mushtaq Ahmad Malla, Superintendent Jail, District Jail Anantnag, has been transferred as Staff Officer to DGP Prisons.
Further, Sunil Kumar, DySP, deputed earlier to the Prisons Department, has been posted as Superintendent Jail, District Jail Kishtwar. (KDC)
