New Delhi: The Election Commission on Sunday ordered the transfer of Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police KV Rajendranath Reddy with immediate effect, sources said.
The poll authority has asked the state government to submit by Monday names of three eligible Indian Police Service (IPS) officers in the rank of director general to fill the vacancy, the sources said.
The reason behind the poll body’s action was not immediately known.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Mukesh Kumar Meena confirmed to PTI that the poll panel has transferred the two senior police officers.
“The Commission has ordered transfer of the following officer with immediate effect – P Sitaramanjaneyulu, DGP, Intelligence,” said the EC in an order.
Issuing similar orders for Rana, the Commission directed both the transferred officers to hand over charge to the officer immediately below them in rank.
Further, the Commission ordered that the transferred officers should not be assigned any election duty until the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls end in the southern state.
The transfers of the intelligence chief and Vijayawada police Commissioner come in the wake of a stone pelting attack on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy in Vijayawada recently.
It directed the chief secretary to send a panel of three IPS officers for either posts by 3 pm on Wednesday.
