Jaipur Director General of Police A S Gill has been asked to proceed on long leave, home department sources said on Saturday.
The charge has been handed over to K S Bains who is currently holding the post of special DG (Anti-Corruption Bureau).
Sources said the state government was unhappy over Gill's handling of the Gurjar clashes in which over 42 people have been killed.
"We are not trying to send any signal," Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria said when asked about the move.
"This is something between the Chief Minister and the cop. It is his decision to quit. I think it is quite natural for him to take the step after the incidents of deaths," he told a news channel.
However, Gill was not available for comments.
Gurjar showdown in North East soon
As the quota protests of the Gurjars spread to fresh areas, the community in the North East will also take up the cudgels, launching an agitation in support of the cause.
"Rajasthan Government has betrayed the Gurjars. In spite of the protests, both the Rajasthan Government and the Centre have been indifferent so far," a representative of the Gurjars Bhai Gurjar said.
Representatives of the community from the entire region met at Guwahati on Friday to chalk out a programme to join the protests.
While the Gurjars of the North-East resolved to form an apex organization of the community in a day or two, the community has also sought permission from the Assam and Meghalaya government to allow them to stage peaceful demonstrations, he said.
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