Telangana reshuffles 21 IPS officers with Mahesh Bhagwat as Hyderabad Police Commissioner
Senior officer Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat replaces V.C. Sajjanar in a major administrative restructuring of the state police department.
The Telangana government on Thursday, November 12, ordered a major reshuffle of 21 IPS officers, transferring them to various key positions across the state police department and other government organisations, according to reports by The Hindu, The Pioneer and Mathrubhumi.
Senior IPS officer Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat has been appointed as the Hyderabad Police Commissioner, succeeding V.C. Sajjanar. Sajjanar has been transferred to the post of Director General of Telangana Fire, Disaster Response, Emergency and Civil Defence, and will also hold additional charge as Director General of the Special Protection Force (SPF).
Dr Soumya Mishra has been appointed DGP for Women and Safety, SHE Teams and Bharosa, while also holding additional charge as DGP (Organisation) and DGP (Legal). Swati Lakra has been named Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services, retaining additional charge as DGP, Home Guards.
Charu Sinha has been appointed Director General of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and will continue to hold additional charge as DGP, CID. Akun Sabharwal has been appointed Additional DGP (Law and Order), with additional charges for Coordination and Technical Services (T-SPARC).
Other significant appointments include Dr Anil Kumar as Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC), and Vikram Singh Mann as DGP (Operations), Greyhounds and OCTOPUS. Y. Nagi Reddy has been appointed Commissioner, Civil Supplies, and Ex-Officio Principal Secretary to the Government in the Consumer Affairs, Food and Civil Supplies Department.
M. Stephen Raveendra has been posted as Director of the Telangana Traffic Management and the Road and Rail Safety Bureau (TG-TMARS). Additional assignments include K.
Ramesh Naidu as IG, Railways, and Kartikeya as IG, Multi-Zone-I.