<![CDATA[On July 20 Chennai police got its new intelligence chief, Inspector-General of Police, North Zone P. Thamaraikannan was transferred and posted as the new Additional Commissioner of Police, Intelligence department. Thamaraikannan has been posted in place of V. Varadaraju, IGP who has been posted as IGP, Central Zone, Tiruchi. N.K. Senthamaraikannan, IGP, Central Zone, Tiruchi, has been posted as the IGP, North Zone, Chennai. On Tuesday orders were issued by the state government which read it was transferring at least a dozen IPS officers which is the first major shuffle after the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam came to power for the second time in the recently held 2016 Assembly elections. Sridhar, IGP, West Zone, Coimbatore, was posted as the Additional Commissioner of Police, North, Chennai Police, replacing S.N. Seshasai, IGP, posted as the Additional Commissioner of Police, Headquarters, Chennai Police. Su. Arunachalam, Additional Commissioner of Police, Headquarters, Chennai Police, was posted as the Additional Commissioner of Police, Central Crime Branch, Chennai Police, in the existing vacancy. Mahesh, Superintendent of Police, Theni district, had been posted as Superintendent of Police, Thanjavur, in the place of R. Sudhakar, who was transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Ambattur, Chennai Police. V. Baskaran, Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Law and Order, Chennai, was posted as Superintendent of Police, Theni district. Myilvaganan, DCP, Pulianthope, Chennai Police, was posted as DCP, Law and Order, Tiruchi City. R. Sakthivel, DCP, Law and Order, Tiruchi City, was posted as DCP, Flower Bazaar, Chennai Police. T. Senthil Kumar, DCP, Flower bazaar, Chennai Police, was posted as SP, Tiruchi district, in the place of Nisha Parthiban. S. Selvakumar, SP on compulsory wait was posted as DCP, Pulianthope, Chennai Police, and Rupesh Kumar Meena, SP, Erode district, was posted as DCP (Traffic West), Chennai Police, in the existing vacancy.]]>