Major reshuffle in top police ranks in Kerala: Balram Kumar Upadhyay promoted as ADGP, P Prakash is new South Zone IG

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state government has announced a major reshuffle in top police ranks. A new commissioner and rural SP will arrive in Thiruvananthapuram where goonda attacks are being reported frequently. Kozhikode City Police Commissioner has been promoted to IG rank.

An order has been issued to transfer various officers with promotion to the rank of ADGP and IG. IGs Mahipal Yadav and Balram Kumar Upadhyay have been promoted as ADGPs. Balram Kumar Upadhyay has been appointed as the ADGP in charge of training. ADGP Yogesh Gupta has been appointed as the Director of the Police Academy.

Southern IG in charge of law and order Harshita Atalluri has been transferred to Intelligence. Balram Kumar Upadhyay will be replaced by IG G Sparjan Kumar as the Thiruvananthapuram City Police Commissioner.

Six DIGs have been promoted to IG rank. Anoop Kuruvila John, who rose to the rank of IG, has been posted in the Anti-Terror Squad. He was also given charge of traffic. P Prakash is the new South Zone IG. K Sethuraman has been posted in the Police Academy. KP Philip was assigned to the Crime Branch. Kozhikode City Police Commissioner post has been raised to IG rank. Incumbent Commissioner AV George, who received the promotion, will continue here.

Five SPs have been promoted to DIG rank. R Nishanthini, who was promoted, will be the Thiruvananthapuram Range DIG. Sanjay Kumar Gurudin has been posted in the Armed Police Battalion. Rahul R Nair will continue as Kannur Range IG. Putta Vimaladitya, Ajitha Begum and Satheesh Bino have joined the central service on deputation.

SP Angit Ashok has been appointed as the DCP of Thiruvananthapuram. Vaibhav Saxena is the new Kasargod SP. PB Rajeev has been appointed as Kannur Rural SP and Amos Maman as Kozhikode DCP. Swapnil Madhukar Mahajan will be the new Pathanamthitta SP. Divya Gopinath has been posted as Thiruvananthapuram Rural SP and Aishwarya Dongre as Thrissur Rural SP.