Najmal Hoda has been appointed as the new Commissioner of Police for Tambaram, following the transfer of Prem Anand Sinha as the head of the commissionerate to the post of Director of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, according to a report by Dinamalar.
The appointment ends the temporary arrangement under which Chennai Police Commissioner Amalraj had been additionally overseeing the Tambaram Police Commissionerate. The report did not specify the date on which Hoda will formally assume charge or provide details of any separate handover process.
Hoda was serving as the Additional Director General of Police in the Police Enforcement Wing before being appointed to lead the Tambaram commissionerate. The change places a senior police officer with an existing state-level administrative assignment in charge of the policing jurisdiction.
The simultaneous reallocation of responsibilities also affects the Police Enforcement Wing. Additional Director General of Police Dhinakaran has been given additional charge of that wing, according to the report. This means that the enforcement portfolio will now be handled alongside Dhinakaran’s existing responsibilities in the Armed Police wing.
The administrative changes involve three senior police positions: Sinha’s move to the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Hoda’s appointment as Tambaram Police Commissioner and Dhinakaran’s additional charge of the Police Enforcement Wing. Amalraj’s temporary additional responsibility for Tambaram will consequently come to an end once the new commissioner assumes charge.
The Tambaram commissionerate is part of the wider policing and administrative structure of the Chennai metropolitan region. A change in its commissioner-level leadership therefore affects the senior command arrangement for the area, although the report did not provide details of any changes to police stations, operational units, personnel deployment or public-facing procedures.
The report also did not state whether the appointments were issued through a separate government order or identify the effective date of the transfers. Further administrative details, including the formal assumption of charge by Hoda and the handover from Amalraj, are expected to clarify the implementation of the new arrangement.
