Mahesh Bhagwat is the new Hyderabad Police Commissioner

Hyderabad: In a major administrative reshuffle Telangana government transferred and posted 21 senior cadre IPS officers, bringing sweeping changes to the state police administration and several key departments.

Senior IPS officer Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat, currently serving as DGP (Law & Order), has been appointed as the new Hyderabad Police Commissioner, replacing V.C. Sajjanar who has been posted as DG Telangana Fire, Disaster Response, Emergency and Civil Defence he will also hold additional charge of Director General, Special Protection Force (SPF).

Among the other key changes, Dr. Soumya Mishra has been appointed DGP, Women & Safety,

SHE Teams and Bharosa, while Swati Lakra has been posted as Director General of Prisons & Correctional Services.

Charu Sinha, has been appointed Director General of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), while Dr. Anil Kumar has been shifted to the post of Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of TGSRTC.

Vikram Singh Mann will take charge as DGP (Operations), Greyhounds and Octopus, while Akun Sabharwal has been appointed ADGP (Law & Order).

Y. Nagi Reddy has been posted as Commissioner, Civil Supplies, and Chandrasekhar Reddy as Director, Anti-Corruption Bureau.

Several other senior officers have also been assigned new responsibilities and additional charges in intelligence, police training, traffic management, road safety and various police zones.

Akun Sabharwal, who is waiting for posting is posted as Additional Director General of Police (L&O), Telangana, is also placed in full additional charge of the posts of Additional Director General of Police, Coordination and Additional Director General of Police, Technical Services (T-Spark), until further orders.

Chandrasekhar Reddy, Inspector General of Police, Multi- Zone-I is transferred and posted as Director, Anti-Corruption Bureau, duly relieving Avinash Mohanthy, from full additional charge.

Kartikeya, Inspector General of Police, Intelligence is transferred and posted as Inspector General of police, Multi-Zone-I vice S. Chandrasekhar Reddy he also will the post of Director, ICCC and will report to DGP through ADGP (Intelligence).

K. Ramesh Naidu, Inspector General of Police, Railways & Road Safety, Telangana, is transferred and posted as Inspector General of police, railways and will report to Director, TG–TMARS.

D. Joel Davis, Jt. Commissioner of police, Traffic, Hyderabad city is transferred and posted as Joint Director, Road Safety and Joint Director, Traffic TG-TMARS he is also placed in full additional charge of the post of Jt. Commissioner of Police, Traffic, Hyderabad City, until further orders.

G. Chandana Deepthi, Joint Commissioner of Police (Admn. & Traffic), Future City Commissionerate is placed in full additional charge of the post of Deputy Inspector General of Police, Zone.VII, Jogulamba, until further orders, vice L.S. Chowhan, transferred.

Similarly R. Bhaskaran, DIG, CI Cell, Intelligence, Hyderabad is placed in full additional charge of the post of DIG (Intelligence), Telangana, until further orders.

K. Narayana Naik, Deputy Inspector General of Police, State Crime Records Bureau (SCRB), Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has been placed in full additional charge of the post of DIG, Zone-II, Basara, until further orders.

L.S. Chowhan is posted as Deputy Inspector General of Police, Coordination is also placed in full additional charge of the post of Deputy Inspector General of Police, Zone-VI, Charminar,

until further orders.

Sree Bala Devi, (SPS), who is waiting for posting, is posted as Deputy Director (Admn), Telangana Traffic Management, Road and Rail Safety Bureau (TG-TMARS) and V. Aravinda Babu, (SPS), who is waiting for posting, is posted as DCP SM&IT, Hyderabad City.

The order has been issued by Sanjay Jaji chief secretary to the government on behalf of TG-government.