TN BSP Chief’s murder: TN Government announces major reshuffle in police department
Chennai: In a significant reshuffle within the Tamil Nadu police force, IPS officer A Arun has been appointed as the new Chennai Commissioner of Police. He replaces Director General of Police (DGP) Sandeep Rai Rathore, who has been reassigned as DGP, Training. Additional DGP Davidson Devasirvatham has been transferred to the post of ADGP, Law and Order.
This move comes in the wake of the brutal murder of Tamil Nadu Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief K Armstrong by a gang in Chennai’s Perambur.
A government order issued on July 8 announced that A Arun, previously the ADGP of Law and Order, will now serve as the Chennai Commissioner. Arun, a 1998 batch IPS officer, has held various key positions in law enforcement, including Superintendent of Police in Karur, Kanniyakumari, and Tiruppur, and as the Commissioner of Avadi City Police and Trichy.
Sandeep Rai Rathore, a 1992 batch IPS officer, was appointed as the Chennai Commissioner of Police in June 2023. His career includes roles such as Deputy Commissioner of Police in Coimbatore City during the 1998 serial bomb blasts, Deputy Commissioner of Traffic (North Chennai), and the first Commissioner of Police of Avadi Commissionerate. He will now also hold the additional charge as ADGP/Director of the Tamil Nadu Police Academy.
The reshuffle follows the murder of Tamil Nadu BSP chief K Armstrong, who was attacked by bike-borne assailants around 7:30 PM on July 5 in front of his house in Perambur. This incident has heightened the focus on law and order in the state, prompting these recent high-level changes in the police department.
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
