Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah with Dy CM D K Shivakumar
Credit: DH File Photo
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Tuesday approved a proposal to increase the number of police divisions in Bengaluru from eight to 11.
The new divisions — North West, South West, and Electronics City — will join the existing Central, West, East, South, Southeast, North, Northeast, and Whitefield divisions.
The expansion of the city police commissionerate was first announced by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in March during the state budget presentation.
As per the government order, each of the three new divisions will be headed by a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), supported by one Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), five head constables, six constables, and 11 other support staff.
The North West division will have Peenya as its sub-division, headed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), with six police stations: Peenya, Rajagopal Nagar, Bagalagunte, Byadarahalli, Soladevanahalli, and Gangammanagudi.
The South West division will include two sub-divisions — Kengeri and Subramanyapura — headed by two ACPs. The police stations under this division are Kengeri, Jnanabharathi, Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Kumbalgodu, Thalaghattapura, Subramanyapura, Kumaraswamy Layout, and Konanakunte.
The third, Electronics City division, will have a single sub-division with six police stations: Electronics City, Hulimavu, Begur, Parappana Agrahara, Bandepalya, and Hebbagodi.
The order also notified structural changes to a few sub-divisions under the existing divisions, following the formation of the new ones.