Telangana government issued orders appointing new commissioners for Hyderabad city, Cyberabad and Rachakonda on December 12, 2023.
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The shuffling of top police officers in Telangana State by the new Telangana government headed by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy began on Tuesday with transfer of all three Police Commissioners of Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Rachakonda located in the capital city.
While Hyderabad CP Sandeep Shandilya was transferred and posted as State Anti-Narcotics Bureau Director, the CPs of Cyberabad and Rachakonda Stephen Ravindra and Devendra Singh Chauhan respectively were directed to report at the DGP office.
Kothakota Sreenivasa Reddy, presently serving as Additional DGP (Organisations and Legal), is appointed the new CP of Hyderabad. Cyberabad Joint Commissioner of Police (Administration) Avinash Mohanty is the new CP of Cyberabad. Hyderabad Police Additional Commissioner (Traffic) G. Sudheer Babu is posted as CP of Rachakonda.
Earlier, the CM has posted senior IPS officer B. Shivadhar Reddy as the Intelligence Chief replacing Anil Kumar. This was the first change made by the CM soon after assuming charge as Chief Minister.
Below are brief overviews of the newly appointed officers.
Kothakota Sreenivasa Reddy, Hyderabad CP
A 1994 batch IPS officer, Mr. Reddy was serving as Additional DGP (Organisations and Legal) before being posted as Hyderabad CP.
He served as chief of commando force of Greyhounds which is used for anti-left wing extremist operations.
Mr. Reddy’s efforts in securing the over 300 acres of land at Premavathipet in Manchirevula village on Hyderabad outskirts belonging to Greyhounds through a prolonged legal battle were appreciated.
B. Shivadhar Reddy, Intelligence Chief
A 1994 batch IPS officer, Mr. Reddy has the distinction of being the first Intelligence Chief of Telangana State when it was carved out of unified Andhra Pradesh State on January 2, 2014. He was IGP rank officer then.
Earlier, he served as Vizag Police Commissioner.
After serving in different loop-line posts, Mr. Reddy was serving as Additional DGP of Railways and Road Safety when the new Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy posted him as Intelligence chief.
Avinash Mohanty, Cyberabad CP
An IPS officer of 2005 batch, Mr. Mohanty hails from a family of IPS officers.
His father A.K. Mohanty (IPS retired) served as Hyderabad CP and DGP while his brother Abhishek Mohanty is presently serving as Karimnagar CP.
Mr. Mohanty worked as Hyderabad Central Crime Station Deputy Commissioner of Police and busted several sensational white-collar crimes.
G. Sudheer Babu, Rachakonda CP
An IPS officer of 2001 batch, Mr. Sudheer Babu served as SP of Mahbubnagar, DCP of Hyderabad police Task Force, West zone and Warangal CP.
He served as Additional Commissioner of Rachakonda.
He was then transferred and posted as Hyderabad Police Additional Commissioner of Traffic before being posted as Rachakonda CP now.
Sandeep Shandilya, Director of Telangana State Anti-Narcotics Bureau
An IPS officer of 1993 batch, Mr. Sandilya served as DCP of South zone in Hyderabad and Additional Commissioner of Police (Crimes) of Hyderabad.
He worked as Cyberabad Police Commissioner.
He was posted as RBVRR Telangana State Police Academy Director.
During the recently concluded Telangana Assembly elections, he was posted as Hyderabad Police Commissioner replacing C.V. Anand who was transferred based on the directions of the Election Commission of India.
Published - December 12, 2023 01:49 pm IST
