The government has transferred IGP (Western Range) H N Satyanarayana Rao and Superintendent of Police B Dayanand. A order to this effect was issued on Friday.

 While Mr Satyanarayana Rao has been transferred to Davangere (Eastern Range) as the IGP, Mr Dayanand has been transferred to Kolar as the SP. Mr Ashish Mohan Prasad from Intelligence Bureau in New Delhi and Udupi ASP Satish Kumar will replace Mr Rao and Mr Dayanand respectively.

Incidentally, Mr Ashish Mohan Prasad had served as the SP in Dakshina Kannada district in 1994-95.