Tamil Nadu’s new DGP, C. Sylendra Babu, takes charge

The new DGP has instructed the police to respect human rights; says his focus will be crime prevention

Outgoing DGP J. K. Tripathy welcomes his successor C. Sylendra Babu in Chennai on Wednesday

C. Sylendra Babu, who took over as the Director-General of Police/Head of Police Force, Tamil Nadu, on Wednesday, instructed the police to respect human rights and deal with people in a cordial manner.

After taking charge from J.K Tripathy who retired from service, Dr. Babu said his focus would be on crime prevention and maintenance of law & order.

He thanked Chief Minister M.K Stalin for giving him the opportunity to head the Tamil Nadu police. He said time-bound action would be taken on petitions received from the public.