Andhra Pradesh Police beefs up security for smooth counting of votes

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Police Department has initiated measures to ensure that the process of counting of votes remains smooth on June 4. In this direction, AP Director General of Police (DGP) Harish Kumar Gupta has appointed 56 special officers to monitor the counting of votes in all the districts of the state.

Large-scale violence broke out in various districts of AP, especially the Palanadu region, on and after the polling day. Thus, AP Police Department is taking measures to ensure law and order around the counting centres. A maximum of eight special officers have been appointed to monitor the counting of votes in Palanadu district, which was worst affected by the during and post-poll violence.

The names of the districts and the special officers assigned to them are as follows: Palanadu – P. Somasekhara Rao, ASP, SEB, E.G.; Ch. Papa Rao, ASP, CID; V. Gopal Krishna, ASP, CID; G.B.R. Madhusudan Rao, ASP, Marine; Rajasekhar Rao, ASP, CID; D.V. Raman Murthy, ASP, APPA; D. Lakshman Rao, DSP, CID; And A. Lakshmi Narayan, DSP, CID. Anantapur – Karimullah Sharif, SP (NC) and V&E; D. Srihari Raju, DSP, ACB; And Ch. Vijaya Bhaskar Rao, DSP, Railways. Sri Sathya Sai – D. Gangadharam, Additional SP, SEB, Srikakulam and K. Venkateswara Rao, DSP, CID. Chittoor – K. Eswar Rao SP (NC), V&E, and M. Venkateswara Rao, ASP, SEB, Guntur. Tirupati – K.G.V. Sarita, SP (NC), CID; M. Mahendra, ASP, ACB; and S Sirisha, DSP, ACB. Annamayya – B. Mohan Rao, DSP, Railways, and S.S. Bhaskar Rao, DSP, CID. YSR Cuddapah – Y. JC Prasanthi, DSP, ACB, and N. Satyanandam, DSP, ACB. Kurnool – K. Sai Prasad, DSP, CID. Nandyal – Deva Prasad, ASP, ACB; KTTV Raman Rao, DSP, CID; and Sheikh Abdul Karim, DSP, CID.

Nellore – B. Uma Maheshwar Rao, ASP, CID.
Prakasam – Verma P.V.R.S.S.M.V.R., ASP, CID; D. Himavathi, SP (NC), V&E; And K. Srilakshmi, ASP, SEB, Kakinada. Bapatla – Yes. Srinivas, DSP, CID and U. Bangara Raju, DSP, ACB. Guntur – C. Jayarama Raju, ASP, CID; Of. Venu Gopal, DSP, CID; And B. Lakshmi Narayan, DSP, CID. Krishna – M. Rajini, SP (NC), Marine; A.V. Subbaraju, ASP, SEB, Chittoor; And Ch. Penta Rao, DSP, CID. NTR Police Commissionerate, Vijayawada – K. Lavanya Lakshmi, SP (NC), Transco; And Somanna, DSP, CID.

Eluru – N Poojitha, ASP, V&E, Kurnool; And L. Ajay Prasad, ASP, CID. West Godavari – Shaikh Masoom Basha, ASP, V&E; And B.V.S. Nageshwar Rao, DSP, Railways.
East Godavari – N. Ramya, DSP, ACB; and Tirupathiah, DSP, Octopus. Kakinada – G Venkata Ramudu, ASP, SEB, Cuddapah; Ch. Ravi Kumar, DSP, CID; Rajendra, ASP, SEB, Tirupati; and T. Narasimha Rao, DSP, Octopus.
Anakapalle – L. Mohan Rao, DSP, Railways. Ongole – N. Surendra, DSP, CID; B. Shri Bhavani Harsh, ASP, V&E. BR Ambedkar Konseema – V. Giridhar, DSP, ACB and Hussain Peera, DSP, PTC.
Vizianagaram – Appa Rao, DSP, PTC. Parvatipuram Manyam – K.S.S. Srinivas Rao, DSP, Octopus.
Srikakulam – N. Suryachandra Rao, ASP, SEB.