As many as 12 IPS officers have been given new postings in Kerala. Nagaraju has been appointed as the Transport Commissioner, while S Shyamsundar takes over as IG, South Zone IG with additional charge of the Managing Director of the Police Housing Construction Corporation. Similarly, J Jayanathan has been appointed as the DIG in charge of Citizen Rights Protection;  A Akbar as IG, Ernakulam Crime Branch; Putta Vimaladitya as Police Commissioner, Kochi City with additional charge of Anti-Terrorist Squad; Thompson Joseph, DIG, Thrissur Range, has been given an additional charge as DIG, Ernakulam Range; Hari Sankar, SP, ICT (Cyber Operations), will also hold charge of Assistant IGP (Personnel); J Himendranath is shifted as SP, Crime Branch, Kottayam; S Sasidharan as SP, V&ACB, Ernakulam Range; R Viswanadh as District Police Chief, Malappuram; K V Santosh as SP, Crime Branch, Malappuram and K L Johnkutty was posted as SP, Special Investigation Unit I, V & ACB, Thiruvananthapuram.