Bengaluru: Amid the New Year celebrations, the State Government has carried out major changes in the police department. On Wednesday, orders were issued promoting 48 IPS officers and transferring Superintendents of Police (SPs) in various districts, along with Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) in Bengaluru City.
As part of this major reshuffle, 23 officers have been promoted and appointed to the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), while two officers have been promoted to the rank of Inspector General of Police (IG). In addition, SPs and DCPs in key districts including Bengaluru City, Belagavi, Mysuru, Mandya, Shivamogga, Kodagu, and Raichur have been transferred.
Key Promotions
Dr. M.B. Boralingaiah has been appointed as Inspector General of Police (IG), Southern Range (Mysuru).
Ajay Hilori, Additional Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru Crime Branch, has been promoted to IG and continued in the same post.
Dr. Bhimashankar Guled has been promoted and appointed as DIG, CID (Economic Offences).
D.R. Sirigowri has been promoted as DIG, Karnataka Lokayukta.
Abdul Ahad, Director (Security and Vigilance), BMTC, has been promoted as DIG, and the post has been upgraded.
DIG-Level Promotions (Selected)
Several officers have been promoted to the rank of DIG and posted in various wings, including: CID (Economic Offences), State Intelligence, Wireless, Internal Security Division, State Human Rights Commission, Police Training Division, Home Guards, KSRP, Anti-Narcotics Task Force, Prisons, Railways, State Crime Records Bureau, Karnataka Police Academy, Traffic and Road Safety, Cyber Command, and the Special Action Force.
IG-Level Promotions
Dr. M.B. Boralingaiah – IG, Southern Range (Mysuru), continued.
Ajay Hilori – IG, Bengaluru Crime Branch, continued.
Transferred IPS Officers (SP Level)
Mandya: Dr. V.J. Shobharani
Chikkamagaluru: Jitendra Kumar Dayama
Hassan: Shubhaswita
Kolar: Kanika Sikriwal
Kodagu: R.N. Bindumani
Ballari: Pavan Netturu
Chamarajanagar: M. Mutturaju
Raichur: Arunanshu Giri
Bengaluru Rural: M.V. Chandrakant
Shivamogga: B. Nikhil
Mysuru City: Mallikarjun Baladandi
Belagavi: K. Ramanujan
Bengaluru DCP and Other Transfers
Whitefield Division: Saidulu Adavath
West Division: Yatheesh N.
North-East Division: Mithun Kumar
East Division: Vikram Amai
South Division: Mohammadi Sujeetha M.S.
Railways SP: Sara Fathima
CID Transfers: Dr. Kavita B.T., Sajith, Sam Varghese, Shalu, Dr. Harsha, and Priyadarshini
The government stated that these transfers and promotions are part of an administrative reorganisation aimed at strengthening law and order and improving policing efficiency across the state.
