AP govt suspends former CID chief, directs him not to leave headquarters

IN a significant development, the State government has suspended former AP CID chief and Director General rank officer PV Sunil Kumar for allegedly making repeated foreign visits without prior permission during the previous YSRCP regime.

- PHANINDRA PAPASANI

Chief Secretary K Vijayanand issued orders on Sunday, suspending Sunil Kumar.

He was directed not to leave the headquarters (Vijayawada) without obtaining prior permission from the government. With this, the number of suspended IPS officers rose to five. Soon after the TDP-led NDA came to power in the State, former intelligence chief PSR Anjaneyulu, former CID chief N Sanjay, former Vijayawada CP Kanthi Rana Tata and former Visakhapatnam Range DIG Vishal Gunni were suspended, citing irregularities and criminal misconduct violating the All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969.