VIJAYAWADA: In a major reshuffle, 16 IPS officers including four district superintendents were transferred on Wednesday.
According to a government order issued by chief secretary Adityanath Das after midnight, Krishna district SP M Ravindranath Babu has been transferred and posted as SP, East Godavari district. In his place, Prakasam SP Siddharth Kaushal has been transferred as Krishna district SP.
Vizianagaram SP Rajakumari who has been promoted to DIG-rank has been transferred as posted DIG, Disha police. M Deepika, SP of Disha police will be taking Rajakumari’s place as Vizianagaram SP. Additionally, she was assigned as admin DIG in the DGP’s office.
Former Guntur rural SP CH Vijaya Rao was transferred and posted as Nellore SP in the existing vacancy created after his predecessor Bhaskar Bhushan went on for central deputation. The reshuffle saw a change of guard of young assault commanders within the greyhounds with East Godavari SP Adnan Nayeem Asmi being transferred and given charge as its group commander.
Other additional superintendent rank transfers include Y Rishant Reddy to Guntur Rural Admin, Satish Kumar, Vasana Vidhya Sagar Naidu, Garikapati Bindu Madhav and Tuhin Sinha as ASPs of Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB). Assault commander of Greyhounds P Jagdish has been transferred as ASP, Paderu, Visakhapatnam district. The GO orders the transfers and postings to be notified with immediate effect.
