THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In the first major rejig after the UDF government came to power, the police department has effected a sweeping change in its ranks.
Intelligence ADGP P Vijayan has been appointed as the new Law and Order ADGP, a powerful post that will give him control of day-to-day activities of the local police. He will also hold the additional charge of ADGP, Cyber Operations.
Armed Police Battalion ADGP Dinendra Kashyap, who had recently returned from National Technical Research Organisation, replaces Vijayan as the new Intelligence chief. Incumbent Law and Order ADGP H Venkatesh has been given full charge of crime branch.
Headquarters ADGP S Sreejith has been appointed Director General of Prisons, while incumbent Balram Balram Kumar Upadhyay has been posted as Armed Police Battalion ADGP.
Traffic IG Harshita Attaluri has been posted as IG, Police Headquarters, replacing R Nishanthini who has been posted as IG, Intelligence.
Incumbent S Syamkumar has been made the IG, Crime Branch.
DIG (Kannur range) Yathish Chandra has been posted as DIG (Ernakulam range). Thiruvananthapuram city police commissioner Karthick K has been posted as DIG (Thrissur range), replacing T Narayanan T , who is the new DIG (Kannur range). DIG (Ernakulam Range) Arul R B Krishna has been posted as Thiruvananthapuram city police commissioner.
Crime branch Alappuzha SP A P Shoukathali, who is heading the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the attack on Youth Congress workers during the Nava Kerala Yatra in Alappuzha by the security personnel of former chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, has been posted as Kozhikode City Commissioner.
