Jaya goes for bureaucratic shake-up hours after taking charge

May 23, 2016 22:51

Hours after J Jayalalithaa assumed office as Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu government today effected shuffling of senior IPS officials besides transferring several IAS officers, reversing several changes made in the run up to polls under the directions of Election Commission.

The government brought back former Chennai Police Commissioner T K Rajendran, DGP and IG prisons, as Chennai Police Commissioner replacing Ashutosh Shukla. S George, DGP and Chairman of Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board will hold additional charge as IG prison. Shukla has been posted as ADGP, Enforcement, in place of J K Tripthy, an official release said.

Tripathy is back as ADGP, Law and Order, vice C Shylendra Babu, who was transferred and posted as ADGP, Coastal Security group. Rajendran and Tripathy were transferred on the directions of EC following complaints from DMK.

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