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IPS officer heading Kerala actress assault case transferredSreejith's transfer came at a time when the Crime Branch was gathering evidence against actor Dileep and his relatives
Arjun Raghunath
DHNS
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Representative image. Credit: iStock photo
Representative image. Credit: iStock photo

An IPS officer supervising the Kerala actress assault case was transferred as part of a minor shuffle in the state police senior level on Friday.

Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) of Crime Branch unit of Kerala Police S Sreejith was transferred and posted as Transport Commissioner. ADGP Prisons Shaik Darvesh Saheb was posted as the new ADGP (Crime Branch).

Sreejith's transfer came at a time when the Crime Branch was gathering evidence against actor Dileep and his close relatives in the actress assault case as well as a case pertaining to hatching conspiracy to endanger life of police officials investigating the assault.

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In two other shuffles at police top brass, state vigilance director Sudesh Kumar was shifted and posted as DGP Prions and Transport commissioner M R Ajith Kumar was posted as Vigilance director.

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(Published 22 April 2022, 22:20 IST)