New DCP takes charge
The Hindu
V.V. Sai Praneeth is the new Deputy Commissioner of Police (South).
A 2018-batch Indian Police Service Officer, Mr. Praneeth is an engineering graduate from BITS Pilani. He joined the police services as Assistant Superintendent of Police-raining in Kanniyakumari and then at Tiruvallur. Upon being promoted, he served as Superintendent of Police, Economic Offences Wing, Chennai. Mr. Praneeth has succeeded R. Srinivasa Perumal, who has been transferred as Superintendent of Police, Virudhunagar district.
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