More transfers in Kerala police, 16 officers get low-key posts

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Thiruvananthapuram: Days after the Kerala government made a reshuffle in police force inviting a row, as many as 16 more IPS officers in the SP rank have been transferred.

Several young officers have been transferred to comparatively low-key posts as per the latest transfer order. While Anoop Kuruvila, who has finished his deputation in the National Investigation Agency, has been appointed assistant director of Kerala Police Academy, several others who had been serving as district police chiefs have been transferred to other posts.

The government had on Thursday issued an order replacing several young district police chiefs with senior officers, including those facing allegations.

The full list of latest appointments:

Anoop Kuruvila John - assistant director, Kerala Police Academy

A. Akbar - special branch, Thiruvananthapuram

Sanjay Kumar Gurudin - commandant, KAP 4

Rajpal Meena - SP, Railways

Uma Behra - vigilance, Kozhikode

P.A. Valsan - commandant, IR Battalion

R. Nishanthini - vigilance, Thiruvananthapuram

P.N. Unnirajan - crime branch, Ernakulam

Thomson Jose - vigilance, Ernakulam

Dr. A. Sreenivas - crime branch, Kannur

P.S. Gopi - commandant, MSP

K. Karthik - special branch, Thiruvananthapuram

Harishanker - AIG, coastal security

J. Himendranath - ICT, Thiruvananthapuram

Kiran Narayan - ASP, Irinjalakkuda

Sam Christy Daniel - special branch, Thiruvananthapuram