Bengaluru: The State Government, late on Friday, transferred 18 IPS officers. These transfers come a few weeks before the Assembly elections.

As per transfer order, Amit Singh has been appointed as Mysuru SP, while Ravi D. Channannavar who was serving as Mysuru SP, has been posted as DCP (West), Bengaluru.

In other transfers, Mandya SP G. Radhika has been posted as SP, ACB, Bangaluru and S.Girish has been appointed as the new Mandya SP, while Kala Krishnaswamy has been posted as DCP (North-East), Bengaluru and Kuldeep Kumar Jain as commandant of 9th Batallion, KSRP, Bengaluru.

Senior IPS Officer Soumendu Mukherjee has been appointed as IGP (Southern Range), while B. Dayananda has been appointed as IGP (Central Range) and Vipul Kumar as Director of KPA at Mysuru.