Bangalore: Following the string of Police gaffes in Bangalore, the police chief was replaced. Now, in a major reshuffle of IPS officers, the state government has reshuffled the entire Bangalore team.

The new team has two women DCP’s  Dr Rohini Katoch Sepat, who has been posted as DCP south-east division, which had witnessed sexual attacks on two school children and Former DCP(South) Sonia Narang, who has been made DCP (admin).

All city law and order DCPs, except for DCP (West) Labhuram, have either been changed or reshuffled.

Central DCP BR Ravikanthe Gowda has been moved out to Bijapur district as SP. He is replaced by Sandeep Patil. DCP (North East) T R Suresh will succeed Patil as DCP (North).

Vikas Kumar Vikash has been made DCP (North East), while N Satheesh Kumar has been made DCP (East), B S Lokesh Kumar as DCP (South) and Y S Ravikumar posted as SP (Intelligence).

KV Sharat Chandra, joint commissioner of police (law and order) — who handled the case of the six-year-old’s rape at a city school has been removed from the city and made DIG (training).Among the other major postings, RP Sharma has been removed from BMTF and posted as railways’ additional DGP. He will be succeeded by T Suneel Kumar.
 
The transfers seek to send a message to all bangaloreans, that the state government has taken steps to assuage their distress at the recent spate of rapes in the city.