Shankar Jiwal new fire commission chief, no word on next DGP yet

The Tamil Nadu government is yet to announce incumbent state police chief Shankar Jiwal's successor despite appointing him as the chairman of a newly-formed fire commission with effect from Monday, the day after his last day in office (August 31).

- SIDDHARTH PRABHAKAR @Chennai

Though the TN government did not issue any orders at the time of going to press on Friday, highly placed police sources said an order appointing DGP (administration) G Venkatraman as the 'in-charge' chief will be issued on Sunday. This comes after the government sent the names of eight officers eligible to be appointed as the next chief to the UPSC just last week, the sources added.

Going strictly by seniority, Seema Agrawal, Rajeev Kumar, and Sandeep Rai Rathore from the 1992 batch would have been the top three in contention for being chosen for the job by the state government. The other five names submitted to UPSC include Vannia Perumal, Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal, G Venkatraman, Vinit Wankhede, and Sanjay Mathur. However, top police sources indicated that owing to the delay in sending the list of eligible officers to Delhi, the TN government is likely to appoint Venkatraman, a 1994 batch officer, as the in-charge Head of Police Force.