CHENNAI: The State government on Monday ordered the transfer and posting of 56 police officers with immediate effect. The reshuffle covers officers serving in the Greater Chennai Police, district police units, commissionerates, specialised wings and headquarters establishments. The changes are aimed at filling vacancies in key positions and strengthening law enforcement administration across districts and specialised units.
Among the prominent postings, ES Uma, who was on compulsory wait, has been appointed Deputy Inspector General of Police (Headquarters), Greater Chennai Police (GCP).
KS Balla Krisshnan, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Headquarters), GCP, has been posted as the DCP of Cyber Crime Cell, GCP. S Selvaraj, DCP of Central Crime Branch-I, has been transferred as DCP, High Court Security, Chennai.
S Arockiam, DCP, Central Crime Branch-III, has been appointed Superintendent of Police/Assistant Inspector General of Police, Social Justice and Human Rights, Chennai, while G Vanitha, DCP, Crime Against Women and Children, has been posted as DCP, Headquarters and Administration, Avadi Police Commissionerate.
In Chennai city police, D Kumar, DCP (Traffic-South), has been transferred as SP and Chief Security Officer of Chennai Metro Rail Limited. K Muthu Kumar, DCP of Pulianthope, will take charge as DCP (Traffic-South) of the GCP. G Gopi, who was on compulsory wait, has been appointed DCP, Flower Bazaar.
The reshuffle has also brought significant changes in district-level policing. S Kuthalingam, DCP, T Nagar, under GCP, has been appointed SP, Salem district, replacing Gautham Goyal. Goyal is now posted as SP, Virudhunagar district. AC Karthikeyan, DCP, Adyar, has been transferred as SP, Tiruvannamalai district, replacing Dr M Sudhakar, who is now SP, Non-Resident Indian Cell.
Vivekananda Shukla, SP, Tiruvallur district, has been posted as SP, Cuddalore district, while VV Sai Praneeth, SP, Villupuram district, has been appointed SP, Tiruvallur district. S Madhivanan, DCP, North Madurai City, will be SP, Villupuram district. S Jeyakumar, SP of Cuddalore district, has been moved to Dindigul.
Further, S Vimala, SP, Namakkal district, has been transferred as SP, Economic Offences Wing, Headquarters, Chennai. AK Arun Kabilan has been posted as SP, Dharmapuri district, replacing SS Maheswaran, who has been transferred as DCP (Traffic), Coimbatore City.
In western Tamil Nadu, GS Anitha has been posted as SP, Krishnagiri district, replacing P Thangadurai, who has been appointed DCP, Law and Order, North Coimbatore City. Yadav Girish Ashok, SP, Tirupur district, has been transferred as SP, Namakkal district.
N Devanathan, DCP, North Coimbatore City, has been appointed SP, Madurai district in the place of BK Arvind, who is posted as SP of the Q branch.
Several district police chiefs have also been shifted in the Delta and southern districts. Kelkar Subramanya Balachandra has been appointed SP, Nagapattinam district; Kambham Samual Praveen Gowtham has been posted as SP, Theni district, and Vishwesh Balasubramaniam Shastri has been transferred as SP, Tirunelveli district. Sujit Kumar, formerly SP, Nagapattinam, has been posted as SP-I, Cyber Crimes Division, Chennai.
Dr Bhukya Sneha Priya, SP, Theni district, has been appointed SP, Mayiladuthurai district, while Dr T Senthil Kumar, DCP, North Tiruchy City, has been transferred as SP, Enforcement, Chennai. Shristi Singh, DCP, South Tiruchy City, has been posted as SP, Tirupur district.
The government also ordered transfers in the vigilance, anti-corruption and cybercrime wings. G Nagajothi, Principal of the Police Training College, Chennai, has been appointed SP, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Special Investigation Cell. P Mahendran, SP, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Chennai Range, has been posted as DCP, South Salem City, while B Manikandan has been transferred as DCP, South Tiruchy City.
Several officers who were awaiting posting orders, including E Karthik, S Sakthivel, S Saravanan, S Rajesh Kannan, G Jawahar and S Selvanagarathinam, were also accommodated in various commissionerates and specialised units. Notably, cybercrime divisions in Chennai received new leadership, with Sujit Kumar and S Selvanagarathinam being posted as heads of Cyber Crimes Divisions III and I, respectively.
The extensive reshuffle is one of the largest IPS-level administrative exercises undertaken by the State government this year and affects policing in several major districts, commissionerates and specialised wings across Tamil Nadu.