Woman inspector heads police station

bangalore: a major reshuffle of police inspectors in the state was effected on wednesday. several posts which remained vacant in bangalore from the last six-months were filled. but the high-security highgrounds and other stations like the lucrative commercial street and communally sensitive shivajinagar police stations have been kept vacant. some of these important stations were being handled by junior officers on ood (officer on other duty) basis due to political pressure, sources said.a few notable changes are: upparpet police station got a new inspector, the incumbent h.j.mariswamy gowda was replaced by b.k.shivaram. m.n.manjegowda, hanumanthanagar police inspector was moved to chikpet traffic. h.k.venkataswamy of vidhana soudha security has been made j.p.nagar police inspector. the most sensitive police station in the state, vidhana soudha, the seat of power finally got a permanent inspector. t.v.prabhaka, upparpet traffic inspector was made vidhana soudha inspector. even as security was tightened following the attack on parliament in december, the post of vidhana soudha inspector was kept vacant for over three months. sarala somaiah, a woman pi was made vyalikaval inspector. this is the first time that a woman is being given charge of a police station in the city. the following police inspectors were transferred: b.k.narasimha murthy from cod to chandra layout. n.hanumanthappa from j.j.nagar to byatarayanapura. r.n.nataraju from cod to seshadripuram traffic. m.n.nyamegowda from bmtf to nandini layout. m.g.ramakrishna from c.c.b to yelhanka. m.g.nagendrakumar from vidhana soudha to thilaknagar. m.v.seshan from chikpet traffic to adugodi traffic. m.n.manjegowda from hanumanthanagar to chikpet traffic. h.j.mariswamy gowda from upparpet to hanumanthanagar. c.k.lingesh kumar from cod to cubbon park traffic. k.r.ramesh babu from state intelliegence to adugodi. b.r.chandramohan from state intelligence to banashankari. k.a.nanaiah from bagepalli to basavanagudi. k.h.chandrasekhar from ccb to girinagar. a.b.rajendrakumar from kadugodi to frazer town. m.b.nagaraju from state intelligence to ulsoorgate traffic. ramadurgaiah from state intelligence to kengeri. g.k.chikkanna from state intelligence to peenya traffic. g.s.nagaraja urs from ccb to yeshwanthapura. s.ramakrishna from subramanyanagar to k.r. puram traffic. n.krishnappa from state intelligence to shivajinagar traffic. h.k.venkataswamy from vidhana soudha security to j.p.nagar. h.m.krishnappa from c.c.b to jayanagara traffic. b.k.shivaram from high court vigilance to upparpet. lokanatha kadri from high court vigilance to c.c.b. b.a.vishwanatha singh from p.r.c chief office to hebbal traffic. venkataramanappa from control room to k.r.puram. siddarame gowda from hebbal traffic to city special branch. k.ravindra prasad, from awaiting posting to r.t.nagar. t.v.prabhakar from upparpet traffic to vidhana soudha. s.h.duggappa from ccb to upparpet traffic. s.a.pasha from t.t.i to airport traffic. sarala somaiah from cod to vyalikaval. h.veerabhadre gowda from state intelligence to subramanyanagar. s.h.gadad from ccb to hubli south traffic. k.purushohama from bowring hospita to bagepalli. t.c.nagaraju from kutta circle to malavalli rural. venkatesh fron cod to bharathinagar (k.m.doddi, madya dist). a.lawrence from bharathinagar, k.m.doddi to kptc, mysore. r.n.shankaraiah from yelhanka to state intelligence. a.p.venkata nayak from mahalaxmi layout to cod. v.siddappa from k.r.puram to ccb. h.p.rajanna from r.t.nagar to cod. v.manohar from airport traffic to ccb. a.n.rajanna from vyalikaval to state intelligence. h.n.ramanatha from cod to kadugodi. s.dhanesh rao from mahadevapura to indiranagar. h.d.ramakrishnaiah from koratagere to mahalaxmi layout. d.ranganatha from awaiting posting to jnana bharathi. b.s.muddu mahadevaiah from bmtf to j.j.nagar. jameel shah from cod to sanjayanagar on ood basis. siddarame gowda from hebbal traffic to mahadevapura. n.ramesh chandra from cod to bowring hospital. g.t.nayak from state intelligence to vidyaranyapura. mylarappa from state intelligence to d.j.halli. hanumantha reddy from dcre to pandavapura. p.chandre gowda from pandavapura to dcre. k.b.jayaram to from kspts, channapatna to anekal. the state police headquarters have directed the bangalore police commissioner and other unit officers to relieve the officers with immediate effect. despite, these transfers, the city's premier investigative agency, ccb, faces severe shortage of staff with some of its officers still continuing to head police stations on ood basis.