Bengaluru: In a significant reshuffle, the Government of Karnataka has issued transfer orders for several senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers. The transfers were detailed in Notification No: e-DPAR 171 SPS 2024.

Key Transfers Include:

1. Sri. Labhu Ram, IPS (KN 2004): Previously Inspector General of Police, Intelligence, has been transferred and posted as Inspector General of Police, Central Range, Bengaluru, vice Dr. B.R. Ravikanthe Gowda, IPS.

2. Dr. B.R. Ravikanthe Gowda, IPS (KN 2005): Transferred from Inspector General of Police, Central Range, Bengaluru, to Inspector General of Police, Headquarters-1, Bengaluru.

3. Dr. K. Thiyagarajan, IPS (KN 2006): Moved from Inspector General of Police, Eastern Range, Davanagere, to Inspector General of Police, Internal Security Division.

4. Sri. N. Shashi Kumar, IPS (KN 2007): Transferred from Deputy Inspector General of Police and Commissioner, Youth Empowerment and Sports Department, to Commissioner of Police, Hubballi-Dharwad.

5. Sri. B. Ramesh, IPS (KN 2009): Commissioner of Police, Mysuru City, has been transferred to Deputy Inspector General of Police, Eastern Range, Davanagere, vice Dr. K. Thiyagarajan, IPS.

6. Smt. Seema Latkar, IPS (KN 2011): Superintendent of Police, Mysuru District, has been appointed as Commissioner of Police, Mysuru City, vice Sri. B. Ramesh, IPS.

7. Smt. Renuka K Sukumar, IPS (KN 2011): Commissioner of Police, Hubballi-Dharwad, has been transferred to Assistant Inspector General of Police, Crime, Police Headquarters, Bengaluru.

8. Sri. C.K. Baba, IPS (KN 2012): Transferred from Deputy Commissioner of Police, South East Division, Bengaluru City, to Superintendent of Police, Bengaluru Rural District.

9. Sri. N. Vishnuvardhana, IPS (KN 2012): Superintendent of Police, Uttara Kannada District, has been transferred to Superintendent of Police, Mysuru District, vice Smt. Seema Latkar, IPS.

10. Dr. Suman D. Pennekar, IPS (KN 2013): Assistant Inspector General of Police, Administration, State Police Headquarters, Bengaluru, has been posted as Superintendent of Police, Bengaluru Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF).

11. Sri. C.B. Ryshyanth, IPS (KN 2013): Superintendent of Police, Dakshina Kannada District, has been transferred to Superintendent of Police, Wireless, Bengaluru.

12. Sri. Chennabasavanna Langoti, IPS (KN 2014): Superintendent of Police, Bidar District, has been appointed as Assistant Inspector General of Police, Administration, State Police Headquarters, Bengaluru.

13. Sri. Narayana M, IPS (KN 2014): Superintendent of Police, Kolar District, has been transferred to Superintendent of Police, Uttara Kannada District, vice Sri. N. Vishnuvardhana, IPS.

14. Smt. Sarah Fathima, IPS (KN 2014): Superintendent of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, Bengaluru, has been appointed as Deputy Commissioner of Police, South East Division, Bengaluru City.

15. Sri. Arunangshu Giri, IPS (KN 2015): Deputy Commissioner of Police, City Armed Reserve Headquarters, Bengaluru City, has been posted as Superintendent of Police, Central Investigation Department, Bengaluru.

16. Sri. Nagesh D.L., IPS (KN 2015): Superintendent of Police, Chikkaballapur District, has been transferred to Deputy Commissioner of Police, City Armed Reserve Headquarters, Bengaluru.

17. Smt. Padmini Sahoo, IPS (KN 2015): Superintendent of Police, Chamarajanagara District, has been posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Administration, Bengaluru.

18. Sri. Pradeep Gunti, IPS (KN 2016): Superintendent of Police, Prisons (Headquarters), has been transferred to Superintendent of Police, Bidar District.

19. Sri. Yatish N, IPS (KN 2016): Superintendent of Police, Mandya District, has been posted as Superintendent of Police, Dakshina Kannada District.

20. Sri. Mallikarjun Baldandi, IPS (KN 2016): Superintendent of Police, Bengaluru Rural District, has been transferred to Superintendent of Police, Mandya District.

21. Dr. Shobha Rani V.J, IPS (KN 2016): Superintendent of Police, Bengaluru Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF), has been posted as Superintendent of Police, Ballari District.

22. Dr. Kavitha B.T., IPS (KN 2016): Superintendent of Police, Directorate of Civil Rights Enforcement (DCRE), Mysuru, has been transferred to Superintendent of Police, Chamarajanagara District.

23. Sri. Nikhil B, IPS (KN 2017): Superintendent of Police, Raichur District, has been posted as Superintendent of Police, Kolar District.

24. Sri. Kushal Chouksey, IPS (KN 2018): Joint Director, Forensic Science Laboratory, Bengaluru, has been transferred to Superintendent of Police, Chikkaballapur District.

25. Sri. Mahaning Nandaganvi, IPS (KN 2018): Superintendent of Police, Intelligence, has been posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law & Order), Hubbali-Dharwad.

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New Delhi, Jul 5: Jailed radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh and Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdul Rashid, who were granted parole to take oath as members of the Lok Sabha, were sworn in as MPs on Friday, amid heavy deployment of security personnel in and around the Parliament complex.

While Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, is in Delhi's Tihar jail in a terror funding case registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Singh is lodged in a prison in Assam's Dibrugarh district for offences under the National Security Act.

They were brought to the Parliament complex by security personnel this morning.

Rashid took oath in Kashmiri and Singh in Punjabi at the Speaker's conference room in the Parliament House, a Lok Sabha bulletin said.

Singh, 31, and Rashid, 56, won the recent Lok Sabha elections from Khadoor Sahib in Punjab and Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir, respectively, as Independents while being incarcerated.

They could not take oath as members of the 18th Lok Sabha on June 24 and 25 along with the other winning candidates.

For taking oath, Rashid was granted a two-hour custody parole, excluding the travel time from Tihar to Parliament, and Singh a four-day custody parole, beginning July 5, in view of the travel from Assam to Delhi and back.

Singh's lawyer Rajdev Singh Khalsa had said he would be taken to Delhi aboard a "military aircraft".

Their parole orders stated that during their period of temporary release, they can neither speak to or address the media on any issue or make any statements. Their family members also cannot make a statement in any form of media.

While Singh, a Khalistani sympathiser who heads the 'Waris Punjab De' outfit, has been allowed to meet his family in Delhi, Rashid's family had permission only to attend his oath taking.

The parole for Rashid, who has been in jail since 2019 after his arrest in 2017, was granted by a court in Delhi and that of Singh by the district magistrate of Amritsar from where he was arrested in April 2023 for barging into a police station in February and clashing with police personnel in a bid to free one of his aides from custody.

Both Singh and Rashid are to be accompanied by security personnel at all times during their parole periods, the orders stated.

The Delhi Police and Punjab Police were directed to coordinate with the secretary general of the Lok Sabha for procedures inside the Parliament complex.

The name of Rashid, a former MLA, cropped up during the investigation of Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Watali, who the NIA had arrested for allegedly funding terrorist groups and separatists in the Kashmir valley.

The NIA had filed a charge sheet against several individuals, including Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin in the case. Malik was awarded life imprisonment by a trial court in 2022 after he pleaded guilty to the charges.

Singh styled himself after slain Khalistani militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and is in jail along with nine of his associates under the National Security Act.