10 November 2026
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Number of DGs increased to 13 in Tamil Nadu Police Force

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Chennai Commissioner Shankar Jiwal and four other recently promoted DGPs, have been asked to continue in their present posts, with the department upgrading the posts.

According to the department, DGP Shankar Jiwal has resumed work as Chennai Commissioner. DGP AK Viswanathan would continue to head the Tamil Nadu Police Housing Corporation. DGP Abash Kumar would head Civil Supplies CID, DGP Seema Agarwal would remain the chairperson of TNUSRB, while DGP TV Ravichandran would continue to be in central deputation.

Some other transfer of DGs include Head of State police C Sylendra Babu, Karan Singha, Sanjay Arora, P Kandaswamy, Sunil Kumar Singh, Md Shakeel Akther and BK Ravi. Rajesh Das is currently placed under suspension. Apart from them, the Police Department has as many as 19 Additional DGs.

Ad interim in a minor rejig, ADGP Amresh Pujari who was heading Technical Services is transferred as the new head of Cyber Crime Wing replacing G Venkatraman, who has been shifted and posted as ADGP (Headquarters). K Shankar, ADGP (Headquarters) has been transferred and posted as ADGP (Administration). ADGP Vinit Dev Wankhede, State Crime Records Bureau, has been asked to take additional responsibilities of Technical Services, while Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal has been given additional charge of Enforcement. Kapil Kumar C Saratkar, IG, Special Investigation Division, CB-CID, has been posted as IG, Enforcement.


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