AP gets new DGP ahead of May 13 polls

Vijayawada: The Election Commission (EC) has appointed Harish Kumar Gupta as the new Director General of Police (DGP) of Andhra Pradesh on Monday. The poll body has asked Gupta to take the charge as as soon as possible. The EC had also asked the state government to send three names of DGP-rank officers

On Sunday, the Commission had directed the Andhra Pradesh government to transfer the existing DGP KV Rajendranath Reddy without any delay. Reddy,  a 1992-batch IPS officer, had taken over the charge from Gautam Sawang in February 2022. 

It may be noted here that Andhra Pradesh goes to Assembly and Lok Sabha polls on May 13 and the counting of voters will take place on June 4. 

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