Chennai, Jul 20 (PTI) Inspector General of Police, Intelligence, N S Asiammal was on Wednesday transferred by the Tamil Nadu government to the Enforcement Wing.
The state 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.
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. PTI VGN HDA
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