Coimbatore: New police chiefs assume office

COIMBATORE: New inspector general of police (IGP) of west zone R Sudhakar, deputy inspector general (DIG) of Coimbatore range M S Muthusamy, Coimbatore city intelligence section assistant police commissioner S Murugavel and assistant commissioner of police (ACP) of Coimbatore city west sub-division Manikandan took charge on Friday.
Sudhakar is a 2003-batch IPS officer.He served as the assistant superintendent of police (ASP) in Ranipet and Virudhunagar and was promoted as superintendent of police. He served in Dharmapuri, Pudukottai and Thanjavur. He was deputy commissioner of police at Adayar and Pulianthope in Chennai. In 2007, he was promoted as deputy inspector of police and posted as joint commissioner (north), joint commissioner (traffic) and joint commissioner (east) in Greater Chennai Police. Later, he was posted as DIG of Madurai range. He was promoted IGP a few days ago.
“I will enforce Covid-19 norms across the eight districts in the west zone and take steps to reduce caseload,” Sudhakar said.
Muthusamy hails from Rajapalayam in Virudhunagar district. He was appointed deputy superintendent (DSP) of police in 1998 and worked in Virudhungar, Theni, Sivaganga and Ramanathapuram districts. He was promoted additional deputy superintendent of police (ADSP) in 2006 and worked in Kanyakumari and Tirunelveli districts. In 2007, he was promoted to the rank of superintendent of police (SP) and worked in Ariyalur, Dindigul, Pudukkottai and Salem districts. He was working as deputy commissioner of police at T-Nagar, Anna Nagar and St Thomas Mount in the Greater Chennai Police. He was promoted as DIG last year and posted in Dindigul range.
“My first priority will be to restrict movement of people to check Covid spread,” Muthusamy said.
Murugavel was deputy superintendent of police (DSP) in the anti-land grabbing cell in Salem.
Manikandan was serving as the ACP (law&order, south sub-division) of Salem city police. He served in the Q-branch for 10 years.
V Vanitha took charge as Tirupur city police commissioner, becoming the first woman to adorn the position there. She was previously inspector general of police of railways in Chennai. Vanitha is a 2001-batch IPS officer.