Mangalore: Dr Subrahmanyeshwar Rao to be New Superintendent of Police of DK
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Feb 26: Dakshina Kannada superintendent of police (SP) N Satheesh Kumar has been transferred to Bidar district. His Bidar counterpart, Dr A Subrahmanyeshwar Rao, will be replacing him
Satheesh Kumar had taken over as the SP of the district from the outgoing SP B Dayananda, who is presently working as the deputy inspector general of police (intelligence) in Bangalore, on January 25, 2007.
Satheesh Kumar Dr A S Rao
It may be recalled that Dr Subrahmanyeshwar had functioned as the additional superintendent of police of Puttur division till recently, before he was appointed as the SP of Udupi from where he was then transferred to Bidar. He is expected to take charge later this week.
23 Sub-inspectors, 18 Circle Inspectors Transferred
Twenty-three sub-inspectors of police and 18 circle inspectors from the Western Range have been handed transfer orders ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
Pointing out that the transfers are part of a similar exercise being carried out across the country, Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Western Range, Gopal B. Hosur clarified on Wednesday that the present change of guard had nothing to do with recommendations of the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission, which had sought a reshuffle of police officials after attacks on churches in the district and again after the attack on a pub in the city.
Mr. Hosur told The Hindu that Election Commission’s guidelines had prompted the transfers. According to the guidelines, no official of the rank of sub-inspector should serve in his/her Assembly constituency and circle inspectors and deputy superintendents of police should not serve in their native districts.
Officials whose action the Election Commission had taken note of during the past three elections were being transferred, he added.
Five circle inspectors (CI) have been transferred from Dakshina Kannada. Panambur CI Chandrashekar K. will be replaced by Valentine D’Souza, Mangalore East CI. Ganapathy M.K. will be replaced by Niranjana Raje Urs, Belthngady CI. Gangi Reddy will be replaced by Yeshwanth Mallya, Mangalore South CI. Thilakchandra Kojpade will be replaced by Nagarodda Mukri, and Mulky CI Parameshwara Hegde will be replaced by Shivaprakash Nayak. Six sub-inspectors have been transferred from the district.