Praveen Sood is B’luru police commissioner
Bengaluru: Jan 1, 2017, DHNS:N Praveen Sood, ADGP (Administration), has been appointed the 33rd police commissioner of Bengaluru in place of N S Megharik who has been posted as ADGP of the Anti-Corruption Bureau.
Megharik replaces K V Gagandeep who has been appointed ADGP (Crimes and Technical Services). Kamal Pant, ADGP (Karnataka State Reserve Police), takes the place of Sood as ADGP (Administration).
In other significant postings, Additional Commissioners of Police P Harishekaran (Bengaluru East) and K S R Charan Reddy (West) have been appointed IGP (Western range) and IGP, Karnataka State Reserve Police, respectively.
Malini Krishnamoorthy replaces Harishekaran, while M Hemanth Nimbalkar will take charge from Reddy.
Malini is the only woman officer to hold an executive posting in the city. M A Saleem, who was IGP (ACB), has been posted as IGP (Eastern range), Davangere. K V Sharath Chandra, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime, Bengaluru), has replaced Saleem. Other important changes include S Ravi, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime); M Nanjundaswami, Additional Commissioner of Police (Administration); Chandragupta, DCP (Central); Karthik Reddy, DCP (Administration). N Satheesh Kumar, who was DCP (East), has been promoted and transferred as DIG (Intelligence).
Ajay Hilori is DCP (East).
Praveen Sood will assume office on Sunday. “It is a great opportunity. I will do my bit on whatever it takes to keep the city safer and perhaps do something about the traffic,” Sood said. Megharikh said he had a very satisfying and fulfilling stint. “I felt the whole city was an extended family for me and I tried my best to take care of them,” he said.