Chennai, June 24 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday ordered a significant reshuffle in the police department, transferring, promoting and posting 15 IPS officers across the State with immediate effect.

The orders were issued by the Home (SC) Department as part of an administrative exercise aimed at strengthening policing and filling key vacancies in various commissionerates and districts.

Among the major transfers, D. Kannan, who was serving as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Welfare and Estate, Greater Chennai Police, has been posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Headquarters and Administration, Tambaram Police Commissionerate.

A. Velmurugan, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Central Crime Branch, Tambaram, has been transferred as Superintendent of Police/Assistant Inspector General of Police (Modernisation) in the office of the DGP at Chennai.

G. Stalin, IPS, who was on compulsory wait, has been appointed Deputy Commissioner of Police, Central Crime Branch, Tambaram Police Commissionerate.

Similarly, D. Ramesh Babu, also on compulsory wait, has been posted as Superintendent of Police, Anti-Terrorism Squad, Chennai. V.V. Geethanjali has been appointed Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crime Against Women and Children Wing, Greater Chennai Police, while P. Sundaravadivel has been posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Security, Greater Chennai Police.

R. Ramesh Krishnan, who was serving in the Anti-Terrorism Squad at Madurai, has been transferred as Deputy Commissioner of Police, North, Tiruppur City.

K. Maheswari, Superintendent of Police in the Tamil Nadu Commando Force, Chennai, has been posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Redhills, Avadi Commissionerate.

In another key change, R. Uthayakumar, IPS, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Koyambedu, Greater Chennai Police, has been appointed Superintendent of Police, Tiruvannamalai district, replacing A.C. Karthikeyan, who has been posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Adyar, Greater Chennai Police.

The government also promoted five Assistant Superintendents of Police to the rank of Superintendent of Police. Kunal Uttam Shrote, Akash Joshi, Anshul Nagar, Arpita Rajput and Banavath Aravind have all been elevated and assigned key responsibilities in Chennai, Tiruppur, Tirunelveli, Crime Branch-CID and Tiruchirappalli respectively.

The reshuffle, approved by Additional Chief Secretary K. Manivasan, is expected to strengthen leadership in several crucial policing units, including crime investigation, anti-terror operations, women and child protection, district policing and urban law enforcement across Tamil Nadu.

—IANS

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