Senior police officials reshuffled in Andhra

After a 50-day wait, seven IPS officers of the Superintendent of Police rank were finally given new postings today in a reshuffle that also saw the transfer of eight other officers in Andhra Pradesh.

Chief Secretary Satya Prakash Tucker issued the transfer orders this evening in which Vinay Ranjan Ray of 1986 batch has been posted as Director General (Prisons and Correctional Services).

Harish Kumar Gupta (1992 batch) has been posted as Inspector General (Technical Services) and K V V Gopal Rao appointed Deputy Inspector General (Vigilance and Enforcement) in the existing vacancy, the Chief Secretary's order said.

Strengthening the police set up in the functional capital Vijayawada, the government named Koya Praveen as Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order), G Pala Raju as DCP and Kanthi Rana Tata as DCP (Traffic) in the existing vacancies, the order said.

D Nagendra Kumar, who has been waiting for posting, has been appointed Joint Director in the Anti-Corruption Bureau in the existing vacancy.

Gopinath Jatti has been posted as Group Commander, Greyhounds, while the incumbent S Senthil Kumar has been posted as Commandant of Andhra Pradesh Special Police in the existing vacancy, it said.

Grewal Navdeep Singh has been posted as SP (Intelligence Security Wing) in the existing vacancy; S Hari Krishna as SP (Intelligence); K V Mohan Rao as SP (Crime Investigation Department) in the existing vacancy.

Naveen Gulati has been posted as DCP (L&O), Visakhapatnam city, in the existing vacancy, while S Ranga Reddy has been posted as Assistant Inspector General (Administration), the order said.

N Swetha has been posted Assistant Superintendent of Police, Chintoor, in East Godavari district, it added. Seven of these officers were transferred 50 days ago, but their new postings were announced today.

• Andhra Pradesh government
• IPS
• reshuffle