Tamil Nadu assembly election 2026: Sandeep Rai Rathore appointed DGP

A Selvaraj / TNN / Updated: Apr 02, 2026, 20:50 IST

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TN 2026 Polls: Key Regions, Constituencies, & Factors That Will Decide the Polls

Sandeep Rai Rathore

CHENNAI: The Election Commission of India on Thursday ordered the transfer of Tamil Nadu’s director general of police (law and order) G Venkataraman and appointed Sandeep Rai Rathore as the director general of police ahead of the assembly polls. Rathore, a 1992-batch IPS officer, will oversee election-related policing in the state.

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TN 2026 Polls: Key Regions, Constituencies, & Factors That Will Decide the Polls

In a separate order, the commission effected changes in key police postings across Tamil Nadu. Tambaram city police commissioner A Amalraj has been replaced by Sanjay Kumar, a 1997-batch IPS officer. Abhishek Dixit, a 2006-batch IPS officer, has been appointed as Madurai city police commissioner.R V Ramya Bharathi, a 2008-batch IPS officer, has been posted as inspector general of police, West Zone, based in Coimbatore.The orders were issued by Election Commission secretary Lata Tripathi, directing the officers to assume charge and report at 11 am on Friday.

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About the AuthorA Selvaraj

Selvaraj Arunachalam, widely known as Crime Selvaraj, is a veteran journalist with over 31 years of experience in crime reporting across leading Tamil and English newspapers. He has covered historic events, including the deaths of former Tamil Nadu Chief Ministers Jayalalithaa and M. Karunanidhi, the IPL betting scam, and the Kanchi Seer Sankararaman murder case. A familiar face in the digital space, he has given more than 500 interviews across 30 YouTube channels, with millions of views on social media. He has also featured in international documentaries on Netflix and Bloomberg, speaking on high-profile cases such as idol smuggler Subhash Kapoor and conman Sukesh Chandrasekar. Beyond journalism, he has acted in three films including the Tamil movie DNA, trained over 200 budding journalists, directed short films, and authored the English crime-poetry collection Chilled Love. His contributions have earned him the TOI Scribe Award and the Humanitarian Award from former Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan.

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