Eight officers of the rank of Deputy SP have been promoted as SP in Kerala and given new postings. Accordingly, Pradeep N Wales has been posted as SP, SCRB, while K Ashoka Kumar will take over as SP, VACB Special Cell, Thiruvananthapuram and B Krishnakumar is now SP, SSB Security. Similarly, M K Zulfiquer has been appointed as SP, Traffic Zone after promotion; K Bijumon as SP, VACB, Northern Zone, Kozhikode; V Sivakumar as SP, CB Kollam & Pathanamthitta; R Prathapan Nair as SP, SSB Intelligence, Thiruvsanthapuram and J salim Kumar is now SP, Lokayukta.