Transfer of 19 police officers stopped following govt orders

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: A day after the Karnataka government ordered the transfers of 211 police personnel across the state, the office of the DG&IG blocked the transfers of 11 officers from the list, sources said on Wednesday.

According to sources, the officers whose transfers were held back by the DG & IGP office include Police Inspectors from Bengaluru Urban and Rural police stations.

It is said that these officers were stopped from taking the charge following another order issued on Wednesday morning.

Yesvantpur Traffic Inspector Ravi Gowda B, Yesvantpur Law and Order Inspector Dhananjay, Laxman J from Nandini Layout Police, Ashatta Gowda from Jnanabharathi Police Station, Govindaraju from Peenya Police Station, Krishna Kumar from Begur Police Station, Jagdish from KumaraSwamy Layout Police Station, Vajramuni from KR Market Police Station, Inspector Ravikumar from Puttenahalli Police Station, Inspector Anilkumar from Malleswaram Police Station and Edwin Pradeep from Jigani Police Station has been stayed.

The sources added that the transfer of eight more officers was also stopped following a latest order from the Karnataka government issued on Wednesday