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EC transfers Andhra intelligence chief, Vijayawada police Commissioner and Hyderabad South Zone DCP

Elections for 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana, 25 Lok Sabha seats and 150 Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh will be held on 13 May.

ByPTI

Published Apr 24, 2024 | 11:07 AM ⚊UpdatedApr 24, 2024 | 11:07 AM

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The Election Commission on Tuesday, 22 April, ordered the Telangana Chief Secretary to transfer Deputy Commissioner of Police (South Zone) of Hyderabad P Sai Chaitanya, sources said.

In a communication to the Chief Secretary, the EC said the officer should hand over charge to an official who is immediately below his rank and should not be assigned any election-related work till the end of the current general elections.

The EC also asked the chief secretary to send a panel of names of three IPS officers by Wednesday, 23 April, to fill the vacancy.

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Transfers in Andhra Pradesh

Meanwhile, the EC also transferred Andhra Pradesh intelligence chief P Sitaramanjaneyulu and Vijayawada police Commissioner Kanthi Rana Tata with immediate effect.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Mukesh Kumar Meena confirmed to PTI that the poll panel has transferred the two senior police officers.

“The Commission has ordered transfer of the following officer with immediate effect— P Sitaramanjaneyulu, DGP, Intelligence,” said the EC in an order.

Issuing similar orders for Rana, the Commission directed both the transferred officers to hand over the charge to the officer immediately below them in rank.

Further, the Commission ordered that the transferred officers should not be assigned any election duty until the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls end in the southern state.

The transfers of the intelligence chief and Vijayawada police Commissioner come in the wake of a stone-pelting attack on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in Vijayawada recently.

It directed the chief secretary to send a panel of three IPS officers for either posts by 3 pm on Wednesday.

Elections for 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana, 25 Lok Sabha seats and 150 Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh will be held on 13 May.

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