Two Tamil Nadu districts affected by the hooch tragedies, Villupuram and Chengalpattu, were assigned new SPs on Friday. IPS Sai Praneeth has been appointed as the SP of Chengalpattu, and IPS Shashank Sai has been appointed as the SP of Villupuram.

Four IPS officers have been promoted, according to an order issued by Principal Secretary P. Amudha. Without prejudice to his deputation with the Government of India, IPS Rajeev Kumar has been promoted to the rank of DGP. IPS Sandeep Rai Rathore has been promoted to the rank of DGP and sent to the Police Training Academy in Chennai as DGP, Training.

Abhay Kumar Singh and Vannia Perumal, both IPS officers, have been promoted and assigned as DGP/Director, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Chennai and DGP Vigilance, TANGEDCO, respectively.

Sandeep Rai Rathore has been replaced as Commissioner in Avadi. Avadi’s new Commissioner has been named ADGP Arun.

IPS P Saravanan, who was placed on mandatory leave following the alleged custody abuse of Ambasamudram ASP, has been appointed as DC (Traffic), Chennai North. Tirunelveli’s former SP was P Saravanan.

IPS Albert John, who was Deputy Commissioner of Police, Flower Bazaar, Greater Chennai Police, Chennai has been posted as SP Tirupathur District in the place of Dr. KS Balla Krisshnan. 

IPS Shreya Gupta, SP State Crime Records Bureau, Chennai has been posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Flower Bazaar, Greater Chennai Police, Chennai in the place of IPS Albert John.

IPS Rupesh Kumar Meena, Inspector General of Police, Enforcement, Chennai has been posted as Inspector General of Police, Social Justice and Human Rights, Chennai.