A week after assuming
office as the Chief Minister,
chandrababu naidu shunted out the three officials, who had become controversial for allegedly favoring the then-ruling party.
kasi reddy V. R. N.
reddy,
director General,
anti-corruption bureau (ACB), P. V.
sunil Kumar,
director General,
ap State Disaster Response Force and
fire services, and Y. Rishanth
reddy, Superintendent of
police, Counter Intelligence (CI) Cell, have been transferred.
After receiving complaints from the
tdp, the
election commission of
india dismissed V. R. N.
reddy from his position as
director General of
police (DGP) a few days before the May 13 polls.
reddy was then assigned to the loop line position of Commissioner, Printing, Stationery, and Stores Purchase.
There were no fresh assignments offered to the other two officers. Rishanth
reddy has been told to go to the DGP
office, and
sunil Kumar has been told to report to the General Administration Department (GAD). Also released from the entire extra charge as SP (Red Sanders) Task Force was the latter.
The previous administration appointed V.R.N.
reddy as DGP in 2022. At that time, he held the position of DGP (Intelligence). A week before the state's
assembly and
lok sabha elections, the
election commission of
india had ordered his transfer as DGP after
tdp leaders had repeatedly complained about inadequate security measures at the Prime Minister's public meeting in Chilakaluripet.
The
tdp had also expressed suspicions in a
letter to the ECI about V.R.N. Reddy's possible participation in the alleged use of Pegasus
software to tap the
mobile phones of Chandrababu Naidu's son
nara lokesh and the
party general secretary.
Former Chief of the Crime Investigation Department (CID) and 1993 batch
indian police service (IPS) officer
sunil Kumar was appointed DG, of the State Disaster Response Force and
fire Services. The CID filed charges against
chandrababu naidu and other
tdp leaders during his administration.
These incidents include the Inner Ring Road fraud, the SSC question paper leaking scam, and the suspected insider trade of lands in Amaravati.
tdp has filed a complaint against Rishanth
reddy with the ECI, referring to him as an ardent YSRCP supporter.