Bengaluru: The Karnataka state government has issued transfer orders for 34 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers across multiple divisions, including crime, traffic, and law and order departments in Bengaluru and other districts.

Key Transfers:
Jitendra Kumar – DCP (Law & Order), Mangaluru City

Akshay Machindra – DCP, Bengaluru Central Division

Ajay Hilori – Joint Commissioner of Police, Crime

Parashuram – DCP, Whitefield Division

Karthik Reddy – Joint Commissioner of Police, Traffic Division

Anoop Shetty – DCP, Bengaluru West Traffic Division

Shivaprakash Devaraju – SP, Lokayukta, Bengaluru

Jayaprakash – DCP, Bengaluru North Traffic Division

M. Narayan – DCP, Electronic City Division

Anita B. Haddannavar – DCP, Bengaluru South-East Division

Saidul Adawat – SP, CID

Baba Saheb Nyamagowda – DCP, Bengaluru North Division

Nagesh – DCP, Bengaluru North-West Division

Srihari Babu – DCP, Central Crime Branch (CCB), Bengaluru

Saumyalatha – DCP, CAR Headquarters

M.N. Anucheth – DIG, Recruitment Division

Vartika Katiyar – DIG, Ballari Range

Shantaraju – SP, Intelligence Department

Siri Gouri – SP, State Crime Records Bureau

Suman D. Pennekar – DCP, Intelligence

Simi Maria George – DCP, South Traffic Division

Y. Amarnath – Commandant, 1st Battalion, KSRP

Yashoda Vattagodi – SP, Haveri

Gunjan Arya – SP, Dharwad

M. Gopal – Joint Director, FSL, Bengaluru

Siddharth Goel – SP, Bagalkot

Rohan Jagadish – SP, Gadag

Shivamshu Rajput – SP, KGF

M.N. Deepan – SP, Uttara Kannada

S. Janavi – SP, Vijayanagara

Chandragupta – IGP, North-East Kalaburagi

Ida Martin Marbaniang – DIG, Bengaluru Police Headquarters

Karthik Reddy (also listed) – DIG & Joint Commissioner, Bengaluru Traffic Police

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Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.

Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.

The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.

According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.

Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.

Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.

The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.

There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.

The rescue operations are ongoing.