The Telangana government has appointed senior IPS officer Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat as Hyderabad’s new Police Commissioner in a major reshuffle involving 21 officers across the State police department and other government organisations. Bhagwat replaces V C Sajjanar, who has been transferred to lead Telangana’s Fire, Disaster Response, Emergency and Civil Defence department.
The orders issued on Thursday also give Sajjanar additional charge of the Special Protection Force. The changes place senior officers in roles covering policing, traffic management, road and rail safety, public transport, women’s safety, corrections, civil supplies and disaster response.
Dr Soumya Mishra, who was serving as Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services, has been appointed DGP, Women and Safety, SHE Teams and Bharosa. She will also hold additional charge as DGP, Organisation and DGP (Legal). Swati Lakra, a 1995-batch officer who was serving as DGP, Organisation and Home Guards, will take over as Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services and will additionally oversee the Home Guards department.
Charu Sinha has been appointed Director General of the Anti-Corruption Bureau while retaining additional charge as DGP, Criminal Investigation Department. S Chandrasekhar Reddy has been posted as Director of the ACB. Akun Sabharwal will take charge as ADGP, Law and Order, while Kartikeya has been appointed Inspector General for Multi-Zone-I.
The reshuffle also affects transport and road safety administration. Dr Anil Kumar, who headed Operations, Greyhounds and Octopus, has been posted as Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation. Y Nagi Reddy, the corporation’s managing director, has been appointed Commissioner of Civil Supplies and Ex-Officio Principal Secretary to the government in the Consumer Affairs, Food and Civil Supplies Department.
M Stephen Raveendra, a 1999-batch officer, has been posted as Director of the Telangana Traffic Management, Road and Rail Safety Bureau. K Ramesh Naidu has been appointed Inspector General, Railways. D Joel Davis will serve as Joint Director, Road Safety, and Joint Director, Traffic, in the bureau, while also holding additional charge as Hyderabad Traffic Joint Commissioner.
Vikram Singh Mann has been posted as DGP, Operations, Greyhounds and Octopus. Other officers assigned additional responsibilities include G Chandana Deepthi, R Bhaskaran, K Narayana Naik and L S Chowhan. Sree Bala Devi has been appointed Deputy Director (Administration) in the Telangana Traffic Management, Road and Rail Safety Bureau, while V Aravinda Babu has been posted as DCP, SM&IT, Hyderabad City.
The appointments take effect through the government’s latest orders, which reorganise leadership across the city police, traffic administration, public transport, emergency response and other public-facing departments.
