Hyderabad: Senior IPS officer Sandeep Shandilya assumed charge as Hyderabad police commissioner, hours after he was appointed by the state government.
Later, Shandilya said that he would work to conduct free and fair elections and would take measures to prevent cash and liquor transportation. “We will strictly implement the model code of conduct (MCC) as per the Election Commission guidelines,” he said.
After taking charge at Tower A of the TS Police Integrated Command Control Center, he was greeted by senior officers. He will conduct a meeting on poll arrangements.
The government also posted new collectors to four districts and police superintendents to 10 districts, apart from Ambar Kishore Jha as Warangal police commissioner and Kalmeshwar Shingenavar as the Nizamabad police chief.
All officers were directed to take charge by 4 p.m. on October 13.
After the state government issued the relevant orders, Shandilya said he would take charge as Hyderabad 'kotwal' on Saturday. Shandilya started his career as assistant superintendent of police in Guntur of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh. A former Cyberabad police commissioner, he has worked in the Intelligence Security Wing, CID, and railway police.
The following is the list of IPS officers and their new posts.
Sandeep Shandilya: Hyderabad police commissioner
Ambar Kishore Jha: Warangal police commissioner
Kalmeshwar Shingenavar: Nizamabad police commissioner
Chennuri RupeshL Sangareddy SP
Ch. Sindhu Sharma, Kamareddy SP
Sunpreet Singh: Jagtial SP
Harshvardhan: Mahbubnagar SP
Gaikwad Vaibhav Raghunath: Nagarkurnool SP
Ritiraj: Jogulamba Gadwal SP
Patil Sangram Singh Ganapatrao: Mahbubabad SP
Yogesh Gautham: Narayanpet SP
Khare Kiran Prabhakar: Jayashankar Bhupalapally
B K. Rahul Hegde: Suryapet.
The government transferred the following IAS officers
Bharati Hollikeri: Rangareddy collector
Gowtham Potru: Medchal-Malkajgiri collector
Zendage Hanumant KondibaL Yadadri-Bhongir collector
Ashish Sangwan: Nirmal
A. Vani Prasad: Principal secretary, transport
Sunil Sharma: Special chief secretary, Excise, commercial taxes, endowments
Jyoti Buddha Prakash: Commissioner, prohibition and excise
Dr Christina Z. Chongthu, Commissioner, Commercial Taxes.
