The Deputy Commissioner of Police of East Delhi, where the rape of a five-year-old girl had taken place, was shifted in a reshuffle of middle-level officers of Delhi Police.


Prabhakar, a 2003-batch IPS officer who was Deputy Commissioner of Police (East), was transferred to the Prime Minister's Security in the same rank, a senior police official said.


Prabhakar had headed the district where the rape of the five-year-old girl in Gandhinagar led to protests in the capital. It was alleged the local police did not investigate the kidnapping and subsequent rape of the girl properly.


A Vigilance Enquiry had indicted the Station House Officer of Gandhinagar Police for dereliction of duty. Prabhakar has been replaced by Ajay Kumar, an IPS officer of 2001 batch who was handling the PM Security.  A senior police official said the transfer of Prabhakar came against the backdrop of the rape incident and it was "obvious".