18 IPS officers transferred before elections

Bengaluru: The state government transferred 18 IPS officers on Friday. These transfer come two months prior to the Assembly elections.

The list of officers with their new postings is as follows (in sections).

B Umesh Kumar, (IGP and secretary to government, Home department); Vipul Kumar (IGP and director, Karnataka Police Academy, Mysuru); Dayananda, (IGP central range); Amrit Paul (IGP administration); Soumendu Mukherjee (IGP, Ballari range) and N Shivaprasad (IGP and director, security and vigilance, KSRTC); M N Anucheth (SP criminal investigation department). MN Anucheth will continue to hold the charge of investigation officer in special investigation team probing the Gauri Lankesh murder case.

Other transfers: Amit Singh (SP, Mysuru), Ravi D Channannavar (DCP, west in Bengaluru), Kuldeep Kumar R Jain (commandant 9th battalion, Karnataka State Reserve Police, Bengaluru), Nikham Prakash Amrit (SP, Vijayapura),

Dr Bheemashankar S Guled (SP, Bengaluru Rural), G Radhika (SP, Anti-Corruption Bureau, Bengaluru), Dr Anoop A Shetty(SP, Intelligence, Bengaluru), Renuka K Sukumar (SP, Koppal district); S Girish (SP, Mandya), Kala Krishnamurthy (DCP Northeast division, Bengaluru).