After a month of forming a new government many IPS officers, mostly Superintendent of Policies in key districts, who were known for their proximity with Tadepalli palace were sidelined while transferring as many as 37 IPS officers on Saturday.
District SPs known for turning as pawns to the previous government were shown their way. They were notorious in harassing political opponents and making false cases against them.
Srikakulam SP Radhika, who was notorious for blindly following directives of CID chief Sunil Kumar in harassing the opposition leaders was asked to report at DGP office, without giving her posting. She openly used to praise YCP leaders.
It is known that during Jagan’s rule, YCP mobs attacked TDP chief Chandrababu’s residence in Undavalli and the party’s office in Mangalagiri. At that time, SP Arif, who had to take action, played the role of a spectator. Later, the Jagan government appointed him as Nellore SP. Now he was also ordered to report to the DPG office.
SP Jagadish, who acted in favor of then Kakinada City MLA Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy, was also not given posting. Nandyala SP Raghuveera Reddy, who had given highest priority to the visit of film actor Allur Arun, when he had visited in support Film actor Allu Arjun, who campaigned in favor of thof local YCP candidate, was also sidelined. Siddhartha Kaushil, who was acting as a trusted pawn of YCP in Kadapa was also directed to report at the DGP office.
At the same time, the IPSs, who faced the wrath of the previous government and were not properly posted, got a proper place this time. Srinivasa Rao, who was the SP of Anantapur, was transferred by the previous YCP regime and Anburajan, a known Jagan’s loyalist, was appointed in his place. He was transferred by the EC for acting unilaterally in Anantapur.
Amit Bardar has been appointed as Anantapur SPby the EC. During the elections, he was stoned in order to stop the violence in Tadipatri and faced severe difficulties. Now, he has been given an opportunity as SP of Alluri district.
L Subbarayudu, who was earlier Chandrababu Naidu’s Chief Security Officer, left for Telangana soon after he was confirmed IPS. Now he was brought back on deputation to the state and appointed as Tirupati SP. Moreover, he was given additional charge of the Red Sandalwood operation also.
Bindu Madhav, who was suspended as SP of Palnadu due to false complaints lodged by YCP, has been posted as SP of Kurnool. Harshvardhan Raju and Reddy Gangadhar Rao, who lost their postings for following rules ignoring pressures from YCP leaders, were appointed as SPs of Kadapa and Krishna districts, respectively. Damodar, who suffered severe discrimination for five years in the previous government, was posted as the SP of Prakasam district.
