Putting to rest the confusion over the powers of the two joint commissioners of police (crime) in the City, Inspector-General of Police Pranab Mohanty has been made the overall in-charge of the crime wing, including Central Crime Branch (CCB) and City Crime Records Bureau (CCRB).
An internal in this regard was passed by Commissioner of Police B G Jyothi Prakash Mirji on Wednesday.
Hitherto, B Dayananda and Mohanty, both Inspectors General of Police, were Joint Commissioner (Crime-East) and Joint Commissioner (Crime-West) respectively.
Recently, Dayananda was transferred to CID and was replaced by S Murugan, an officer of Deputy Inspector General of Police rank. As Mohanty is senior in rank to Murugan, he has been made over-all in-charge of the crime wing.
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