Mahesh Bhagwat appointed Hyderabad Police Commissioner in major IPS reshuffle

Hyderabad: The State government has ordered a major reshuffle of IPS officers, transferring and posting 21 officers to key positions across the State police department and other government organisations.

According to orders issued on Thursday, senior IPS officer Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat has been appointed as the new Hyderabad Police Commissioner, replacing V C Sajjanar.

Sajjanar has been transferred and appointed Director General of Telangana Fire, Disaster Response, Emergency and Civil Defence. He will also hold additional charge of the Special Protection Force (SPF).

Similarly, Dr Soumya Mishra, who was serving as Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services, has been appointed DGP, Women and Safety, SHE Teams and Bharosa. She will also hold additional charge of DGP, Organisation and DGP (Legal).

Swati Lakra (1995 batch), previously DGP, Organisation and Home Guards, has been transferred as Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services. She will additionally oversee the Home Guards department.

Likewise, Charu Sinha has been appointed Director General of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), while retaining additional charge of DGP, CID.

Dr Anil Kumar, who headed Operations, Greyhounds and Octopus, has been posted as Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC).

Also, Y Nagi Reddy, Managing Director of TGSRTC, has been appointed Commissioner of Civil Supplies and Ex-Officio Principal Secretary to the government in the Consumer Affairs, Food and Civil Supplies Department.

Vikram Singh Mann will take charge as DGP (Operations), Greyhounds and Octopus, while M Stephen Raveendra (1999 batch) has been posted as Director of Telangana Traffic Management, Road and Rail Safety Bureau (TG-TMARS).

Other important appointments include Akun Sabharwal as ADGP (Law and Order), S Chandrasekhar Reddy as Director, ACB, and Kartikeya as IG, Multi-Zone-I.

Likewise, K Ramesh Naidu has been posted as IG, Railways, while D Joel Davis will serve as Joint Director, Road Safety, and Joint Director, Traffic, TG-TMARS, in addition to holding additional charge as Hyderabad Traffic Joint Commissioner.

The orders also assigned additional responsibilities to several other officers, including G Chandana Deepthi, R Bhaskaran, K Narayana Naik and L S Chowhan.

Sree Bala Devi has been appointed Deputy Director (Administration), TG-TMARS, while V Aravinda Babu has been posted as DCP, SM&IT, Hyderabad City.