Mangaluru: The newly formed BJP government on Thursday issued orders of transfer of several top police officials of state including Mangaluru Police Commissioner Sandeep Patil.
Sandeep who took charge as the Commissioner of Mangaluru Police in February this year will now be posted as DIG and Joint Commissioner of Police, Crimes, Bengaluru city with immediate effect.
Deputy Commissioner of Mangaluru Police, Law and Order, Hanumantharaya is also transferred with immediate effect and will now be posted as Superintendent of Police in Davangere District.

Dr. A Subramanyeswara Rao
Dr. A Subramanyeswara Rao, DIGP Intelligence, Bengaluru will now take charge as the DIGP and Commissioner of Police, Mangaluru in downgraded post by keeping the cadre post of Inspector General and Commissioner of Police, Mangaluru city.
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Hathras (UP) (PTI): The blood-soaked body of an elderly man was found inside his house in Paharpur village here on Tuesday morning, police said.
The deceased, Jagdish Prasad Sharma, 75, who lived alone, had gone to sleep in his house on Monday night, officials said.
On Tuesday morning, his blood-soaked body was lying on a cot, with marks on his head and body indicating blows from a sharp-edged weapon, they said, adding that the police suspect murder.
Police and forensic teams reached the spot upon receiving information and sent the body for a post-mortem, they said.
Additional Superintendent of Police Ramanand Kushwaha said that Sharma, a retired Health Department employee, had been living alone since his wife's death during the COVID-19 pandemic.
He owned around 20-25 bighas of land and was also engaged in money lending, the officer said.
