State govt transfers 20 IPS officers

Team Udayavani, Sep 16, 2018, 12:10 PM IST

Bengaluru: In a major reshuffle, the state government on Saturday transferred 20 IPS officers, including top-ranking officers in the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), the Karnataka Lokayukta and State Intelligence Department. 

Notably the transfer orders came a day after chief minister Kumaraswamy alleged that “certain kingpins’ were trying to bribe Congress and JD(S) MLAs to pull down his ministry, and were mobilising funds from people involved in illegal activities towards this end. 

The new postings are: Alok Mohan (ADGP, railways, Bengaluru), P S Sandhu (commissioner for traffic and road safety, Bengaluru), P Ravindranath (ADGP, forest cell, Bengaluru), Sanjay Sahay (ADGP, police computer wing, Bengaluru), Alikana S Murthy (ADGP, Karnataka Lokayukta, Bengaluru), Alok Kumar (additional commissioner of police, crime, Bengaluru), N Satheesh Kumar (DIG, KSRP, Bengaluru), Sandeep Patil (Jt commissioner, CAR, Bengaluru), PS Harsha (DIG, prisons, Bengaluru), KT Balakrishna (SP, intelligence, Bengaluru), P Rajendra Prasad (SP, wireless, Bengaluru), Ram Niwas Sepat (SP, ACB, Bengaluru), Ida Martin Marbaniang (DCP, traffic west, Bengaluru), Bheemashankar S Guled (SP, railways, Bengaluru), G Radhika (AIGP, DGP office, Bengaluru), Hanumantharaya (SP, Yadgir), S Girish (DCP crime, Bengaluru), AN Prakash Gowda (SP, Hassan), KV Jagadish (DCP, traffic east, Bengaluru) and N Chaitra (SP, directorate of civil rights enforcement, Bengaluru). 

Meanwhile, it is learnt that few Congress legislators are opposed to the transfer of several senior officers by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and the issue is likely to come up for discussion at a meeting, scheduled today (Sunday) to be held by AICC General Secretary in-charge of Karnataka K.C. Venugopal with party leaders.