Alok Kumar appointed Bengaluru police commissioner in IPS officers' shake-up
Bengaluru: In a major shake-up of IPS officers in Karnataka, the state government appointed Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Alok Kumar as the new Bengaluru Police Commissioner, an official notification said on Monday.
Incumbent T. Suneel Kumar has been now posted as Additional Director General of Police, Recruitments,
"Alok Kumar, a 1994 batch officer, is promoted to officiate in the grade of ADGP (Additional Director General of Police) as Commissioner of Police (CoP) in Bengaluru," said the notification by the state Personnel Department here.
Alok Kumar served in various capacities in state capital over the last decade before he was suspended in May 2015 for six months for his alleged involvement in an inter-state lottery ticket scam, which the CBI has been investigating over the last 4-5 years.
Kumar's suspension was revoked in October 2015, pending the inquiry on the directive of the Union Home Ministry, which cited a Supreme Court ruling that stated IPS officers should not be kept under suspension if a charge-sheet was not filed within three months against them.
Among other senior officers reshuffled or transferred and posted are Deputy Inspector General, Fire Services, B.R. Ravikanthe Gowda as DIG, Crime, in Bengaluru and Inspector General of Police and Additional Commissioner of Police, West, in Bengaluru, B.K. Singh as IGP and Secretary in the state Home Department.
IGP, Administration, Amit Paul has been transferred and posted as IGP, Eastern Range at Davangere in place of Soumendu Mukherjee, who has been made IGP, Internal Security Division in Bengaluru.
IGP, Southern Range, Umesh Kumar has been posted as Additional Commissioner of Police, West, in Bengaluru in place of B.K. Singh.
Karnataka State Reserve Police's Fourth Battalion Commandant Mohammed Sujeetha transferred from Bengaluru and posted as Superintendent of Police in Kolar district.
Deputy Commissioner of Police in Bengaluru's north-east division Kala Krishnaswamy has been made Director of Forensic Science Laboratory in Bengaluru, filling the vacancy.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
