Major shuffle of IPS officers

CHENNAI, April 5, 2013

In a major shuffle in the Police Department, the State government on Thursday promoted and transferred several IPS officers across Tamil Nadu.

Karan Singha, Additional Director-General of Police, Armed Police, was transferred and posted to head the Crime Branch CID (CBCID), Chennai. Sanjay Arora, Inspector-General of Police/Additional Commissioner of Police (Headquarters), Chennai Police, was promoted and posted as ADGP, Operations, in the place of N. Tamilselvan, posted as ADGP, Armed Police. Sunil Kumar, IGP/Member Secretary, Uniformed Services Recruitment Board, was promoted and posted as ADGP/Special Officer, Tamil Nadu Police Transport Corporation. He will also head the Tamil Nadu Police Academy in the place of K.P. Maghendran holding additional charge. Sunil Kumar Singh, IGP/Commissioner of Police, Tirunelveli, has been promoted and posted as ADGP/Member, TNUSRB.

S. Davidson Devasirvatham, Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Intelligence, was promoted and posted as IGP, West Zone, Coimbatore. Sandeep Mittal, DIG on deputation with the Government of India, was promoted as IGP without prejudice to his deputation. B. Balanagadevi, DIG, Madurai Range, was promoted and posted as IGP, TNUSRB. V.A. Ravikumar, Joint Commissioner of Police, East, Chennai Police, has been promoted and posted as Additional Commissioner of Police, Headquarters, Chennai Police. R.S. Nallasivam, JCP, Heaquarters, Chennai Police, was promoted and posted as IGP, Central Crime Branch, Chennai Police. S.N. Seshasai, JCP, Central Crime Branch, Chennai Police, was promoted and posted as IGP, Enforcement. M. Ramasubramani, DIG, Ramanathapuram Range, was promoted and posted as IGP, Central Zone, Tiruchi.

Anand Kumar Somani, Superintendent of Police, on deputation with the Government of India, was promoted as DIG without prejudice to his deputation. N. Rajasekaran, SP on leave, was promoted and posted as DIG, Armed Police, Chennai. P. Nagarajan SP, Tamil Nadu Police Academy, was promoted and posted as DIG, Headquarters, Chennai, in the place of A. Arun transferred and posted as Joint Commissioner of Police, North Traffic, Chennai Police. R. Samuthirapandi, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Control Room, Chennai, was promoted and posted as DIG, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption.

V.H. Mohammed Hanifa, SP, Coastal Security Group, was promoted and posted as DIG, Thanjavur Range, in the place of H.M. Jayaram transferred and posted as DIG Tamil Nadu Police Academy, Oonamancheri, in the newly created post. S. Baskaran, DCP, Traffic North, was promoted and posted as DIG, Ramanathapuram Range. J. Baskaran, Commandant, XIth Battalion, Manimuthar, was promoted and posted as DIG, Railways, Chennai. K. Vanniaperumal, IGP, State Crime Records Bureau, Chennai, was transferred and posted as IGP, Training. M.T. Ganesamoorthy, DIG, Vellore, was posted as DIG, Coimbatore.

C. Sridhar, DIG, Crime Branch CID, was transferred and posted as JCP, North, Chennai Police, in the place of K. Shankar posted as JCP, East, Chennai Police.