Hyderabad: Senior IPS officer and additional director general B Shivadhar Reddy is the new intelligence chief and V Seshadri has been appointed as the new secretary to the Telangana chief minister. The appointments came soon after Congress leader Revanth Reddy was sworn in as the new CM on Thursday.
Reports suggests a major IAS and IPS reshuffle is expected once Revanth takes in charge of the office.
Intelligence chief Anil Kumar was immediately transferred after A Revanth Reddy became the CM and B Shivadhar Reddy took the charge of the Intelligence Wing head of the Telangana police. Another important officer Prabhakar Rao, who was with the Special Intelligence Bureau as OSD submitted his resignation two days ago while P Radha Kishan Rao, DCP Task Force (OSD) also resigned.
Several IPS officials including C V Anand, V Satyanarayana and A V Ranganatha, who were shifted by the Election Commission of India before the polls are awaiting their posting. The fate of Anjani Kumar, senior IPS officer, who was DGP Telangana and placed under suspension on directions of the Election Commission of India is unclear. The Election Commission of India had shifted a dozen of IPS officers in the run up to elections.
Some senior IPS officers and SP’s of districts and commissioners of different cities will be replaced, sources said.
It remains to be seen whether Sandeep Shandilya, a no non-sense officer, will continue as Hyderabad Commissioner of Police, and Ravi Gupta as Telangana DGP. Both the officers are known for their honesty and sincerity among the public. Gupta, a 1990 batch officer, was also one of the contenders for the state’s top cop, the DGP post, in December last year, when Anjani Kumar was appointed as the DGP, succeeding M Mahender Reddy.
