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Police Commissionerate upgraded in Vijayawada
In yet another indication that the Chandrababu Naidu government is keen on making Vijayawada the capital of Andhra Pradesh.
A B Venkateswara Rao new Police Commissioner
- Additional Director General Police rank officer posted as police commissioner
- It is said to be an indication of the govt preference to build capital in the city
Hyderabad: In yet another indication that the Chandrababu Naidu government is keen on making Vijayawada the capital of Andhra Pradesh, Additional Director General-rank police officer A B Venkateswara Rao has been posted as the city Commissioner of Police.
Venkateswara Rao, an IPS officer of the 1989 batch, had previously served as Vijayawada Police Commissioner between 2002 and June 2004 when he was a Deputy Inspector General-rank officer.
The Vijayawada CP post has been earmarked for a DIG-rank officer in the united State but with indications that the city will eventually be made the capital city of the new state, the CP post is being upgraded, official sources said. Accordingly, Venkateswara Rao has been posted as Vijayawada CP in a reshuffle of eight IPS officers today.
N Sambasiva Rao, DG Fire Services, has been given additional charge as DG, Special Protection Force, which Venkateswara Rao has been holding so far.
B Srinivasulu, currently the Vijayawada CP, has been transferred and posted as DIG, Special Intelligence Branch. P Harikumar has been posted as DIG of Eluru police range in the existing vacancy.
T Yoganand has been posted as DIG, Intelligence, while Trivikram Varma has been posted as DCP (Law and Order), Visakhapatnam city.
M Srinivasulu has been transferred as SP, Crime Investigation Department, while T Ravi Kumar Murthy has been made DCP (Crimes), Visakhapatnam.
J Muralidhar, an SP-rank officer, has also been transferred but was not given a fresh posting, according to an order issued by Chief Secretary I Y R Krishna Rao.
