Hyderabad Police Commissioner M. Mahender Reddy was appointed Director-General of Police (DGP) of Telangana on Friday. According to a release, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhara Rao signed the orders.
Mr. Reddy will be the second DGP of Telangana state carved out in 2014. He will succeed Anurag Sharma (who will superannuate on Saturday) and assume charge on Sunday.
Mr. Sharma was appointed advisor to the Home department. Hyderabad police Additional Commissioner (law and order) V.V. Srinivasa Rao will be in-charge Hyderabad Police Commissioner. Soon a full-fledged Commissioner would be appointed, according to the release.
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A graduate in civil engineering from National Institute of Technology (then known as Regional Engineering College) of Warangal, Mr. Reddy got selected for IPS while pursuing M.Tech. in Indian Institute of Technology of Delhi.
He served as Assistant SP of Godavarikhani in Karimnagar and Guntur town, Additional SP of Bellampally in Adilabad and SP of Nizamabad and Kurnool districts. He was East zone DCP in Hyderabad commissionerate for three years from 1995.