Overview
- Telangana issued a government order naming C. V. Anand as Director General of Police to succeed B. Shivadhar Reddy, with the handover set after the incumbent retires.
- Following the appointment, Anand met Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy for a courtesy call at the state police command center.
- Anand has led both Hyderabad and Cyberabad as police commissioner and earlier headed the state Anti-Corruption Bureau.
- His record includes frontline work in Naxal-affected districts, an extradition from Bangkok in the Krushi Bank case, and the President’s Gallantry Medal for bravery.
- Officials said the selection followed the Supreme Court’s Prakash Singh guidelines, a framework meant to make DGP appointments more transparent and give police chiefs fixed tenures.