A major reshuffle took place in the Thiruvananthapuram police force as an order was issued on transfers as well as additional duty to several IPS officers.

VIP security deputy commissioner G. Jaidev was given the additional charge of the Special Armed Police Battalion. Merin Joseph, who was the Kollam city police commissioner, has been appointed as Thiruvananthapuram crime branch police superintendent. Instead, Ernakulam rural district police chief Vivek Kumar will take over as the Kollam city commissioner. Kiran Narayan, who was principal of the police training college, will be the new Thiruvananthapuram rural police chief.

Other officers who have been transferred are as follows:

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• Thrissur rural district police chief: Assistant IG Navneet Sharma
• Special operation group superintendent of police (SP): Sujith Das (Malappuram SP)
• Malappuram district police chief: Sasidharan (Kochi city DCPS)
• Principal of training college: VU Kuriakose (Idukki police chief)
• SP Range state special branch, Thiruvananthapuram: Sunil ML (Kollam rural SP)
• Ernakulam rural SP: Vaibhav Saxena (Kasaragod SP)
• Kozhikode rural police chief: D. Shilpa (Thiruvananthapuram rural SP)
• Kasaragod SP: P. Bijoy (Thiruvananthapuram special branch SP)
• Kollam rural police chief: K.M Sabu (SP crime branch Ernakulam)
• Kochi deputy commissioner: K.S Sudarshan (Ernakulam vigilance and corruption bureau special cell SP)
• IRB Commandant: Aishwarya Dongre (Thrissur rural district police chief)
• Commandant- rapid response and rescue forces battalion: K.E Baiju (Kozhikode city DCP)
• Idukki district police chief: Vishnu Pradeep T.K (KAP 4th battalion commandant) Kozhikode city DCP Anuj Paliwal (Commandant- rapid response and rescue forces battalion