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Close connected the heels of the transportation of the Superintendent of Police of Ballari, conscionable hours aft taking charge, pursuing a clash that claimed the beingness of a Congress enactment worker, the Karnataka authorities transferred the jurisdictional Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police arsenic well.
The DIG has been replaced by a elder serviceman of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) rank. The determination comes amid heightened scrutiny of the handling of the incident, which triggered governmental outrage and demands for accountability.
As per an bid issued by the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR), P.S. Harsha, who was awaiting posting, has been appointed arsenic Inspector General of Police, Ballari range. He replaces Vartika Katiyar, DIG, who has been transferred and posted arsenic DIG, Directorate of Civil Rights Enforcement.
In different cardinal posting, Sumana D. Pennekar, who was serving arsenic Deputy Commissioner of Police (Intelligence), Bengaluru, has been appointed arsenic Superintendent of Police, Ballari district. The station had fallen vacant aft Pavan Nejjur was suspended wrong hours of taking charge, with the authorities holding him prima facie liable for failing to efficaciously grip the law-and-order concern during a convulsive clash successful Ballari connected January 1.
The unit erupted pursuing a clash betwixt supporters of Ballari City MLA Nara Bharath Reddy and Gangavathi MLA G. Janardhan Reddy. A Congress idiosyncratic was killed by a gunshot during the incident. Following reports of stone-pelting, constabulary utilized canes and teardrop state to bring the concern nether control.
