Government Transfers 21 IPS Officers and Appoints New Hyderabad Police Chief

The government issued orders transferring 21 IPS officers in the state on Thursday.

Changes in Top Posts

Mahesh Bhagwat takes charge as the new Hyderabad Police Commissioner, replacing V.C. Sajjanar. Sajjanar moves as the Director General of Fire, Disaster Response, Emergency and Civil Defence, with additional charge of SPF DG. According to V6 Velugu, Bhagwat is a 1995-batch IPS officer who has previously worked in the law and order division.

Other Officer Postings

Anil Kumar takes over as RTC Vice-Chairman and MD. Swati Lakra is appointed DG of Prisons and Correctional Services. Soumya Mishra becomes DG for Women and Safety, SHE Teams and Bharosa. Nagireddy is named Civil Supplies Commissioner. Charu Sinha takes charge as ACB DG, with CID additional responsibilities continuing under her. Sanjay Kumar Jain becomes Additional DG of Training. Vikram Singh Mann is appointed DGP of Operations, Greyhounds and Octopus. Stephen Ravindra takes over as Director of Traffic Management, Road and Rail Safety Bureau. Akun Sabharwal is assigned as Additional DG of Law and Order. S. Chandrasekhar Reddy becomes ACB Director.

Regional and Other Postings

Karthikeya takes charge as Multi Zone-1 IG, while K. Ramesh Naidu is appointed Railways IG. Joel Davis is posted as Joint Director of Road Safety in TG-TGMS. G. Chandana Deepti and K. Narayana Nayak take charge as Zone-7 and Zone-2 DIGs respectively. L.S. Chauhan is appointed Zone-6 DIG and DIG Coordination. R. Bhaskar gets additional charge as DIG Intelligence.

Context

Police transfers and reshuffles of senior administrative and law enforcement officers are a regular administrative process used by state governments to manage department responsibilities. These moves involve senior IPS officers taking on new leadership roles across various specialised wings and city commissionerates.