Thiruvananthapuram: Mass reshuffle at the IPS level, including ADGP ranks in the police. The district police chiefs were also changed.
Manoj Abraham, who was ADGP at police headquarters, is the new vigilance director. Armed Police Battalion ADGP K. Padmakumar has been replaced by ADGP of police headquarters.
IGH Venkatesh has been replaced by MR Ajithkumar, who was the director of vigilance, in connection with the revelation of Swapna Suresh, accused in the gold smuggling case. S CRB ADGP Yogesh Gupta has been reappointed as MD of Kerala State Beverages Corporation (Bevco). Bevco MD S Shyamsunder has been transferred as Crime Branch DIG. MR Ajithkumar, who has been transferred from the post of Vigilance Director, has been given the charge of the Armed Police Battalion along with the post of Protection Civil Rights ADGP. Security IG Thumala Vikram has been transferred as North IG and North IG Ashok Yadav as Security IG.
Kozhikode rural district police chief A. Srinivas was transferred to Special Branch Security. Idukki Police Chief R. Karuppuswamy is the new Chief of Kozhikode Rural Police. Instead, Kochi City DCP V.U. Kuriakos was appointed as Idukki Police Chief.
Kottayam district police chief is K Karthik who was Ernakulam rural police chief. Ernakulam Rural Police Chief is Vivek Kumar who was KAP four battalion commandant. R Anand, who was the AIG of the police headquarters, will become the police chief of Wayanad district.
Kollam City Police Commissioner T Narayanan has been made AIG of Police Headquarters. Merin Joseph is the new Kollam City Police Commissioner.
Arvind Sukumar, who was the Wayanad police chief, has been made four battalion commander by KAP. Kottayam SP D. Shilpa was made the SP of the women’s cell, which had been vacant for some time. They will also hold the charge of women battalion commandant.
Thalassery ASP TK Vishnu Pradeep has been appointed as Perambra ASP. Nithinraj, who was Pala ASP, is the new ASP in Thalassery.
