NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, JULY 21
The Tamil Nadu Government has appointed K A Senthil Velan as IGP-Intelligence, who is currently on compulsory wait on return from central deputation, a Home Department order said here on Wednesday.
Inspector General of Police, Intelligence, N S Asiammal was transferred to the Enforcement Wing.
Asiammal would be IGP, Enforcement in the existing vacancy. Both Senthil Velan and Asiammal are IPS officers of the IGP rank. The government has also transferred 10 other IPS officers.
Against the backdrop of claims that the July 17 violence at a private school in Kallakurichi district was due to the ‘failure’ of intelligence, the transfers assume significance.
In a press conference following the violence, state Director General of Police C Sylendra Babu had said there was no intelligence failure.
