Election Commission transfers district superintendents of police in Tamil Nadu

Chennai: A day after the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) came into force, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday transferred superintendents of police in Karur, Erode, Nagapattinam, and Virudhunagar districts.

While N Harikiran Prasad has been posted as SP, Karur replacing K Josh Thangiah, D V Kiran Shruthi will be the new SP of Erode in place of A Sujatha.

Sujith Kumar, IPS (2013) will be posted as SP, Nagapattinam, replacing Dr K S Balla Krisshnan, and Dr N Shreenatha will be SP, Virudhunagar, in place of D Kannan.

“The directions of the Commission to be implemented with immediate effect,” the ECI said.

The transfer of Josh Thangiah from Karur is significant since the order came hours after former Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai said elections in Karur district will not be fair unless the SP and district collector were removed.