Senior IPS officer Najmul Hoda appointed Tambaram Police Commissioner
The appointment ends the temporary arrangement where Greater Chennai Police Commissioner A. Amalraj held additional charge of the commissionerate.
The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday appointed senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Najmul Hoda as the Commissioner of Police for the Tambaram Police Commissionerate, according to reports by The Hindu and ThePrint.
Hoda, an Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), was previously serving as ADGP, Operations in Chennai.
The post became vacant after the former Tambaram Police Commissioner, Prem Anand Sinha, was transferred to the post of ADGP/Director of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) last month.
Since that transfer, Greater Chennai Police Commissioner A. Amalraj had been holding additional charge of the Tambaram City Police Commissionerate.
Following Hoda's appointment, ADGP, Armed Police R. Dhinakaran has been given additional charge as ADGP, Operations, according to The Hindu.
The transfers and postings were ordered with immediate effect by Principal Secretary to Government A. Karthik, as reported by ThePrint.