A Ravi Shankar is new Vizag Police Commissioner; AP transfers 11 IPS officers
A total of 11 IPS officers have been transferred by the Andhra Pradesh government.
By Sri Lakshmi Muttevi Published on 5 Sep 2023 11:24 AM GMTVisakhapatnam: Dr A Ravi Shankar has been made the new Commissioner of Police, Visakhapatnam city. He was the Addl. Director General, Vigilance and Enforcement and Ex-Officio Principal Secretary, GA(V&E) department before he was transferred and given his new posting.
A total of 11 IPS officers have been transferred by the Andhra Pradesh government. A GO was issued on Tuesday giving the new postings with immediate effect.
1994 batch officer Ravi Shankar holds Master's Degree in Police Management - National Police, Academy, Hyderabad. He pursued Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) JIPMER, and Ph.D in Management Studies. Earlier, he served postings as ADGP, Provisioning & Logistics, AP IGP, Law & Order, IGP, Provisioning & Logistics, DG, Drugs & Copy Rights, AP CEO, Aarogya Sri, DIG, National Investigation Agency, DIG, Karimnagar Range, DIG, Warangal Range, SP, Special Intelligence Branch in Andhra Pradesh, DCP North Zone, Hyderabad City, SP, Nizamabad District, OSD, Operations, Warangal District.
He was awarded National Intellectual Property Protection Award in 2019 Achievements for busting Pan India Counterfeit Spurious Drugs network and Letter of Commendation by Directorate of Major Crime (UNMIK) for War Crimes investigation- 2005
On transfer, current Vizag commissioner, CM Thrivikrama Varma, has been posted as Inspector General of Police, Special Protection Force. Kumar Vishwajeet, Addl. DGP, Railways is transferred and replaces Ravi Shankar as the new Addl. Director General, Vigilance and Enforcement and Ex-Officio Principal Secretary, GA(V&E) Dept.
Siddharth Kaushal, Superintendent of Police, Octopus is transferred and posted as Superintendent of Police, YSR District. Similarly, KKN Anburajan has been transferred and posted as Superintendent of Police, Ananthapuram District.
On transfer, K Srinivasa Rao is posted as DCP (Law & Order), Visakhapatnam. Vasana Vidhya Sagar Naidu is transferred as Superintendent of Police, Greyhounds.
Krishna Rao Boddepalli, Superintendent of Police, ACB is transferred and posted as SP, Annamayya District and R Gangadhar Rao is transferred and posted as Commandant 14th Battalion, Anantapuram. P Jagadeesh is transferred and posted as Superintendent of Police, East Godavari District.