HYDERABAD: A week after several IPS officers were transferred, the top brass of the police are said to be busy making alterations to the list -- at the behest of a certain swamiji based in Ongole. The high and mighty of the state, including police bosses, have been known to prostrate at the feet of this swamiji.Apart from the interference of the Transfer Baba, a woman minister too is said to be forcing the police to do a rethink on the posting of one officer.Among the transfers effected last week, additional DCP (Task Force) Kolli Raghuram Reddy was posted as superintendent of police of Prakasam district, his first posting as an SP. Top sources disclosed to Express that the posting was not to the liking of the Ongole swami who promptly got on the phone and asked the top brass to do the needful.Accordingly, the posting was kept in abeyance.‘’Raghuram Reddy has been asked not to take charge of his new assignment,’’ sources said. The IPS fraternity, much used to meddling by ministers and elected reps, is surprised by the power wielded by the swamiji. Another transfer that has run into rough weather is the posting of K Lakshmi Reddy as SP of Mahabubnagar district.A woman minister is said to be vehemently opposed to Lakshmi Reddy’s posting to her fiefdom. The matter is now with home minister Sabita Indira Reddy, who has to take a final call.
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