The Telangana government has undertaken a wide-ranging reshuffle of senior police officers, issuing transfers, new postings and additional-charge assignments across 21 entries in an order dated November 12. The changes extend beyond Hyderabad city policing to prisons, women’s safety, anti-corruption, intelligence, law and order, transport and road safety.
Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat, a 1995-batch IPS officer who was serving as Director General of Police (Law and Order), has been posted as Hyderabad Police Commissioner in place of V.C. Sajjanar. Sajjanar, a 1996-batch officer, moves to the post of Director General of Telangana Fire, Disaster Response, Emergency and Civil Defence, with additional charge of the Special Protection Force.
In another major change, Swati Lakra, a 1995-batch IPS officer, has been appointed Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services, succeeding Dr Soumya Mishra. Lakra will also hold additional charge of Home Guards. Dr Soumya Mishra, a 1994-batch officer, has been posted to head Women and Safety, SHE Teams and Bharosa, with additional responsibility for Police Organisation and Legal Services.
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M. Stephen Raveendra, a 1999-batch IPS officer, has been appointed Director of the Telangana Traffic Management, Road and Rail Safety Bureau. The posting places him in a role connected with coordination of traffic management and transport safety. Y. Nagi Reddy has moved to Commissioner of Civil Supplies and Ex-Officio Principal Secretary in the Consumer Affairs, Food and Civil Supplies Department, with additional charge of the Civil Supplies Corporation and Legal Metrology.
Charu Sinha, a 1996-batch IPS officer, has been posted as Director General of the Anti-Corruption Bureau while retaining additional charge of the Crime Investigation Department. S. Chandrasekhar Reddy, a 2004-batch officer, has been appointed Director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, relieving Avinash Mohanty of the additional responsibility.
Dr Anil Kumar, a 1996-batch IPS officer, has been appointed Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation. Vikram Singh Mann, a 1998-batch officer, takes over as Director General of Police (Operations), Greyhounds and Octopus, and will also hold additional charge of the Police Housing Corporation.
Akun Sabharwal, a 2001-batch IPS officer who was awaiting posting, has been appointed Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order), with additional charge of Coordination and Technical Services. Sanjay Kumar Jain, a 1997-batch officer, will continue in Telangana State Special Police and take additional charge of Police Training.
Kartikeya, a 2006-batch IPS officer, has been posted as Inspector General of Police, Multi-Zone-I, with additional charge as Director of the Integrated Command and Control Centre. K. Ramesh Naidu, also of the 2006 batch, has been posted as Inspector General of Police, Railways, reporting to the Traffic Management, Road and Rail Safety Bureau.
D. Joel Davis, a 2010-batch IPS officer, has been assigned Joint Director responsibilities for Road Safety and Traffic in the bureau, while continuing with additional charge as Joint Commissioner of Police, Traffic, Hyderabad City. G. Chandana Deepthi, a 2012-batch officer serving in the Future City Commissionerate, has been given additional charge as DIG, Zone-VII, Jogulamba.
R. Bhaskaran, a 2012-batch officer, has been given additional charge as DIG (Intelligence). K. Narayana Naik, a 2009-batch officer, has been assigned additional charge as DIG, Zone-II, Basara. L.S. Chowhan, also of the 2009 batch, has been posted as DIG (Coordination) with additional charge of DIG, Zone-VI, Charminar.
Sree Bala Devi has been posted as Deputy Director (Administration) in the Traffic Management, Road and Rail Safety Bureau, while V. Aravinda Babu has been posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Social Media and Information Technology, Hyderabad City. Both were awaiting postings.
The reshuffle redistributes senior responsibilities across operational policing and public-facing departments. Several of the additional-charge arrangements will remain in place until further orders, according to the government notification.