Jannat prevails, Balwinder police chief

TNN / Jan 3, 2007, 02:24 IST

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The CM's principal secretary Jannat Hussain has moved in and convinced Rajasekhara Reddy to appoint Balwinder Singh in the coveted position.

HYDERABAD: How powerful is the principal secretary to the Andhra Pradesh chief minister? Quite it would seem.
With the government having taken an in-principle decision to replace Hyderabad police commissioner A K Mohanty, the Chief Minister's principal secretary Jannat Hussain has moved in and convinced Y S Rajasekhara Reddy to appoint buddy Balwinder Singh in the coveted position.
An IPS officer of the 1976 batch, Singh is presently in New Delhi working in a joint secretary-level position in the Central Vigilance Commission.
The cop has been out of the state for over three years. Balwinder Singh had undergone training as probationer in Kakinada alongside Hussain. The two had later served together in two districts.

According to sources, the state government has written to the central government to relieve Balwinder Singh quickly from his present position.
With the name of Balwinder Singh being finalised, the chances of the earlier favourite additional director general of police M Ratan has come to nought.
Official sources said that Ratan's name was struck off as he is from Telangana, the region from which both the new Director General, Basith and Cyberabad police commissioner Mahender Reddy hails from.
"The thinking is that all the three important police positions should not go to persons from the same region,"sources said.
Before Ratan, the name of Aravind Rao, additional Director General intelligence had been considered but the official refused the position. The name of former police commissioner Dinesh Reddy had also been mooted.

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