HYDERABAD: After a long hiatus, the state has started reshuffling IPS officers. The government on Wednesday shifted Cyberabad police commissioner VC Sajjanar to the post of managing director (MD), Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC). Inspector General (IG), West Zone, Stephen Ravindra has been named the new CP of Cyberabad.
Meanwhile, four senior IPS officers, including, Hyderabad CP Anjani Kumar, have been empanelled for promotion to the rank of director-general of police.
On Wednesday, the government issued orders posting Sajjanar as MD of TSRTC and replaced him with Stephen Ravindra, who took charge as the new commissioner later in the night.
While Sajjanar thanked the state government and senior officers for giving him a chance to serve the people as commissioner of Cyberabad, the development has triggered speculation that more IPS officers might be shifted soon as Hyderabad and Rachakonda commissioners have been in their current posts for over three and five years respectively.
Stephen Ravindra, an alumnus of Nizam College and the University College of Science, OU, is a 1999 batch IPS officer. His father MB Ranjit worked as an ACP in the city. Stephen Ravindra worked as SP of Warangal, Karimnagar, Anantapur and DCP of East and West Zones in Hyderabad in the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh. In Telangana, Stephen worked as Group Commander of Greyhounds, joint commissioner of Cyberabad, DIG of Hyderabad range and IG of West Zone.
“I thank the chief minister for giving me this opportunity. My focus will be on IT corridor safety, women & children safety, cyber crime, road safety issues. The friendly policing initiatives of Telangana police and best practices of Cyberabad commissionerate will continue,” Stephen Ravindra said after taking charge.
Meanwhile, four senior IPS officers of the 1989 and 1990 batches — Umesh Sharraff, ADG Welfare, Govind Singh, ADG CID, Anjani Kumar, Hyderabad commissioner, and Ravi Gupta, principal secretary (Home), have been empanelled for promotion to the rank of director general of police by the government on Wednesday. Umesh Sharraff has been promoted to the rank of DG and posted as commissioner, printing, stationery & stores purchase, Hyderabad. DG, ACB, Purnachandra Rao and DG, prisons, Rajiv Trivedi would retire by the end of August and September respectively.
