Kerala Police Assign New Roles in Major Reshuffle
Several senior IPS officers in Kerala have been reassigned in a major reshuffle of the police force, with key positions filled by new appointees and transfers.
P. Vijayan has been appointed as Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) in Kerala and has been assigned additional charge of the Cyber Cell. S. Sreejith has been transferred from Additional Director General of Police, Headquarters, to Additional Director General of Police (Prisons and Correctional Services). According to malayalam.oneindia.com, Balamurugan Kumar Upadhyay has been transferred from Prisons ADGP to ADGP of the Armed Police Battalion, H. Venkatesh has been given full charge of ADGP (Crime Branch), and Dinesh Kashyap has been appointed as ADGP (Intelligence). The reshuffle involved thirty senior IPS officers, according to malayalam.oneindia.com. The new arrangement assigns key positions to senior officers previously sidelined or removed by previous administrations.
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