Karnataka govt effects transfers of 35 IPS officers in major reshuffle

BENGALURU: In a major reshuffle in the state police, the state government on Tuesday announced transfers of 35 IPS officers. The transfers cover Bengaluru and other parts of the state including crime and traffic.

Dr Chandragupta, Inspector General of Police & Additional Commissioner of Police, Crimes, Bengaluru, is transferred with mediate effect and posted as Inspector General of Police, North-Eastern Range, Kalaburgi, in place of Ajay Hilori who has been posted as DIGP and Joint Commissioner of Police-Crime, Bengaluru.

M N Anucheth, DIG and Joint mmissioner of Police-Traffic, Bengaluru City, has been posted as Deputy Inspector General of Police, Recruitment in the vacant post. Karthik Reddy, DIGP, Administration, State Police Head Quarters, Bengaluru, has been posted as DIG, Joint Commissioner of Police-Traffic, Bengaluru in place of Anucheth.

Iada Martin Marbaniang, who was waiting for posting, has been posted as DIGP (Administration), Police Headquarters, Bengaluru, in the upgraded vacant post. Vartika Katiyar, Deputy Inspector General & Additional Commandant General, Home Guards & Ex-officio Additional Director, Civil Defence, Bengaluru, has been posted as Deputy Inspector General of Police, Bellary Range in the downgraded vacant post.

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K M Shantharaju, Superintendent of Police, KGF, has been posted as Superintendent of Police, Intelligence, in place of K Parashurama, who has been posted as DCP, Whitefield, Bengaluru City in place of Dr Shivakumar. D R Siri Gowri, DCP-Traffic (North), Bengaluru, has been posted as Superintendent of Police, State Crime Records Bureau (SCRB) in place of Shivanshu Rajput. Jayaprakash, SP-Intelligence, has been posted until further orders as DCP-Traffic (North), Bengaluru, in place of D R Siri Gowri.

Dr Anoop A Shetty, SP, CID-Cyber Crime, has been transferred as DCP-Traffic (West), Bengaluru, in place of Anita Bhimappa Haddannavar, who has been posted as DCP, South West in the vacant post. Dr Suman D Pennekar, SP, Bengaluru Metropolitan ask Force (BMTF), has been posted as DCP-Intelligence in the vacant post. Shiva Prakash Devaraju, DCP-Traffic (South), Bengaluru, has been transferred as SP, Karnataka Lokayukta in the vacant post.

Narayana M, SP, Uttara Kannada, has been transferred as DCP, Electronics City, in the vacant post. Hakay Akshay Machhindra, DCP, City Crime Branch-1, has been transferred as DCP, Central Division, Bengaluru, in the vacant post. Nagesh D L, DCP, City Armed Reserve Headquarters, has been transferred as DCP, North West Division, Bengaluru, in the vacant post.

Simi Mariam George, Joint Director, Forensic Science Laboratory, Bengaluru, has been posted as DCP, Traffic, South Division, Bengaluru in place of Shiva Prakash Devaraju. Yatish N, who had been waiting for posting, has been transferred as SP, Railways, in place of Dr S K Soumyalatha. Saidulu Adavath, DCP (North), Bengaluru, has been posted as SP, Criminal Investigation Department in the vacant post.

Dr Shivakumar, who was DCP-Whitefield, Bengaluru, has been posted as Additional Inspector General of Police (AIGP), Police Headquarters, Bengaluru in the vacant post. Amarnath Reddy Y, SP, Bagalkot, has been posted as Commandant, 1st Battalion, Karnataka State Reserve Police, Bengaluru, in place of Deepan M N.

Srihari Babu B L, SP, Vijayanagara district, has been posted as DCP , Crime-1 in place of Hakay Akshay Machhindra. Yashodha Vantagodi, who was SP-Prisons, has been transferred as SP, Haveri in place of Anshu Kumar, who has been posted as SP-Prisons in her place. Dr S K Soumyalatha, who was SP, Railways, has been posted DCP, City Armed Reserve Headquarters in place of Nagesh D L.

Gunjan Arya, SP-Intelligence, has been posted as SP of Dharwad in place of Dr Gopal M Byakod, who has been posted as Joint Director, Forensic Science Laboratory, Bengaluru, in place of D. Simi Mariam George. Gadag SP Babasab Nemagoud has been posted as DCP (North), Bengaluru, in place of Saidulu Adavath.

Sidharth Goyal, DCP ( Law & Order), Mangaluru, has been transferred as Superintendent of Police, Bagalkot, in place of Amarnath Reddy. Rohan Jagadeesh, who was DCP (Law & Order) in Belagavi, has been transferred as SP of Gadag in place of Babasab Nemagoud. Shivanshu Rajput, who was SP, State Crime Record Bureau, in Bengaluru, has been transferred as SP of KGF in place of K M Shantharaju.

Jitendra Kumar Dayama, SP of the Anti Naxal Force in Udupi district, has been transferred as DCP (Law & Order) in Mangaluru City in the place of Sidharth Goyal. Deepan M N, who was Commandant, 1 Battalion, Karnataka State Reserve Police, Bengaluru, has been posted as SP of Uttara Kannada in place of M Narayana. Jahnavi S, who was waiting for posting, has been posted as SP of Vijayanagar district in place of Srihari Babu, as per the official notification.