Chennai, Oct 29 The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday transferred DGP Prisons Sandeep Rai Rathore following the brazen and planned escape of 17 undertrial prisoners from the Thekkampatti sub-jail in Theni district on Monday night before they were recaptured.
Rathore, Director General of Police Prisons and Correctional Services, has been transferred and posted as Director General of Police / Chief Vigilance Officer, TANGEDCO, Chennai.
Additional Director General of Police, Enforcement Bureau CID, Chennai, K Shankar, has been appointed as Additional Director General of Police / DG of Prisons and Correctional Services, Chennai, in Rathore’s place, as per an order signed by the Principal Secretary to the Government, A Karthik.
(PTI News)
