Telangana: Nine Greyhounds ASPs posted in former naxal hotbeds

Hyderabad: In an interesting move, Telangana director general of police (DGP) announced posting orders for several IPS officers, serving in the elite Greyhounds special forces unit and having expertise in counter-insurgency operations, as assistant superintendents of police (ASPs) in various districts.

All the districts where these Greyhounds ASPs have been posted were previously naxal-infested areas in the state. In response to a letter from Telangana DGP Dr Jitendra dated December 18, chief secretary A Santhi Kumari issued the transfer orders on December 30.

Following at the officers and their new transfers:

• Kajal, ASP Greyhounds, has been transferred and posted as ASP of Utnoor, Adilabad.
• Kanakala Rahul Reddy, ASP Greyhounds, has been posted as ASP of Bhongir under Rachakonda police commissionerate.
• S Chittaranjan, ASP Greyhounds, has been posted as ASP of Kumuram Bheem Asifabad district.
• Bokka Chaitanya Reddy, ASP Greyhounds, has been posted as ASP of Kamareddy district.
• Pandere Chetan Nitin, ASP Greyhounds, has been posted as ASP of Jangaon district.
• Vikrant Kumar Singh, ASP Greyhounds, has been posted as ASP of Bhadrachalam.
• Ankit Kumar Sankhwar, who is presently the ASP of Bhadrachalam, has been transferred and directed to report to the office of the director general of police (DGP), Hyderabad.
• Nagrale Shubham Prakash, ASP Greyhounds, has been posted as ASP of Karimnagar Rural, Karimnagar district.
• Rajesh Meena, ASP Greyhounds, has been posted as ASP of Nirmal district
• P Mounika, ASP Greyhounds, has been transferred and posted as ASP of Devarakonda in Nalgonda district.