The Karnataka government transferred 35 IPS officers, replacing heads of the Bengaluru crime branch and the traffic police department, on July 14.

Karthik Reddy replaces M.N. Anucheth as Joint Commissioner of Police, Traffic, Bengaluru. Mr. Anucheth has been posted as Deputy Inspector General of Police, Recruitment.

Ajay Hilori, Deputy Inspector General of Police, North Eastern Range, Kalaburagi, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Inspector General of Police and Joint Commissioner of Police, Crime.

Chandragupta, the central crime branch head, has been posted as Inspector General of Police, North Eastern Range, Kalaburagi.

The government appointed Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCP) for the three newly-created divisions with the Bengaluru police: Narayana M. as DCP Electronics City, Anita Bhimappa Haddannavar as DCP South West, and Nagesh D. L. as DCP North West.

Iada Martin Marbaniang, who was awaiting a posting, has been posted as Deputy Inspector General of Police (Administration), Police Headquarters, Bengaluru, in the downgraded post.

The government transferred Dr. Anoop A. Shetty, Superintendent of Police (SP), Criminal Investigation Department (Cyber Crime), and posted him as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Traffic, West division, Bengaluru city.

Hakay Akshay Machhindra, DCP, City Crime Branch-1 (Bengaluru), has been transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Central division, Bengaluru. Srihari Babu B.L., SP, Vijayanagar, has been posted as DCP, Crime-1, Bengaluru city. 

The others transferred are

• Vartika Katiyar as DIGP (Ballari range)

• K.M. Shantharaju as Superintendent of Police (Intelligence)

• D.R. Siri Gowri as SP (State Crime Records Bureau)

• K. Parashurama as DCP (Whitefield, Bengaluru)

• Suman D. Pennekar as DCP (Intelligence)

• Shiva Prakash Devaraju as SP (Karnataka Lokayukta)

• Jayaprakash as DCP (Traffic, Bengaluru North)

• Simi Mariam George as DCP (Traffic, Bengaluru South)

• Yatish N. as SP (Railways)

• Saidulu Adavath as SP (CID)

• Shivakumar Gunare as Additional Inspector General of Police (Police Headquarters, Bengaluru)

• Amarnath Reddy Y. as Commandant, 1st Battalion (Karnataka State Reserve Police, Bengaluru)

• Yashodha Vantagodi as SP (Haveri)

• S.K. Soumyalatha as DCP (City Armed Reserve HQ)

• Anshu Kumar as SP (Prisons)

• Gunjan Arya as SP (Dharwad)

• Babasab Nemagoud as DCP (Bengaluru North)

• Gopal M. Byakod as Joint Director (Forensic Science Laboratory, Bengaluru)

• Sidharth Goyal as SP (Bagalkot)

• Rohan Jagadeesh as SP (Gadag)

• Shivanshu Rajput as SP (KGF)

• Jitendra Kumar Dayama as DCP (Law and Order, Mangaluru City)

• Deepan M.N. as SP (Uttara Kannada)

• Jahnavi S. as SP (Vijayanagar)