The state government of Tamil Nadu has issued transfer orders for two IPS officer without any posting following the mismanagement of crowds at A.R. Rahman’s ‘Marakkuma Nenjam’ concert. The concert was held on Sunday, September 10, 2023, at the Adityaram Palace grounds on East Coast Road (ECR) in Chennai. Many fans complained about the overcrowding at the concert. It created traffic jams which even affected the convoy of the Chief Minister.
Ms. Deepa Sathyan, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, was transferred. She was the Deputy Commissioner of Police, (Law and Order), Pallikaranai, under the Tambaram City Police Commissionerate, under whose jurisdiction, the venue of the concert falls. She has now been placed under the ‘compulsory wait’ category at the office of the Director General of Police (DGP), until further orders, as per an official notification.
Besides her, IPS officer Disha Mittal has also been transferred from the post of Joint Commissioner of Police, (Law and Order), Greater Chennai City Police. She has also been kept under the ‘compulsory wait’ category. It is being said that Ms. Mittal was transferred over not efficiently handling T.N. BJP leader K. Annamalai’s recent protest in Nungambakkam, and the subsequent traffic snarls in the locality.
In another transfer, Adarsh Pachera, an IPS officer, was transferred from the post of Superintendent of Police (SP), Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Cell, Chennai. He was posted as SP/ Deputy Commissioner of Police, East, Tirunelveli City.
