Telangana govt promotes five senior IPS officers to DGP rank

The officers are Kothakota Srinivas Reddy, B Shivdhar Reddy, Abhilasha Bisht, Soumya Mishra and Shikha Goel. The officials will now hold the rank of DGP Level 16 in the Pay Matrix of IPS (Pay) Rules, 2016.

Hyderabad: The State government has promoted five senior IPS officers working in Telangana to rank of Director General of Police (DGP) on Thursday.

The officers are Kothakota Srinivas Reddy, B Shivdhar Reddy, Abhilasha Bisht, Soumya Mishra and Shikha Goel. The officials will now hold the rank of DGP Level 16 in the Pay Matrix of IPS (Pay) Rules, 2016.

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The officials on their promotion are retained in the same post – Kothakota Srinivas Reddy (Hyderabad Commissioner of Police), B Shivdhar Reddy (DG Intelligence), Abhilasha Bisht (Director RBVRR Telangana Police Academy), Soumya Mishra (Director General, Prisons and Correctional Services) and Shikha Goel, (Director General – Crime Investigation Department) while she will continue to hold the post of Director – Telangana Cyber Security Bureau and in charge Director, TG FSL and Women Safety, SHE Teams & Bharosa, Hyderabad.