K Ramanujam

Senior IPS officer Ashok Kumar was today named the new Director General of Police (DGP) of Tamil Nadu in place of K Ramanujam who on retirement would take over as Adviser to the Government.

DMK on Tuesday filed a petition in Madras High Court seeking a direction to Election Commission (EC) not to permit DGP (Law and Order) K Ramanujam to continue as the administrative head of the police force till the conclusion of poll process when Anoop Jaiswal has been specially appointed as DGP (Elections).

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that state DGP K Ramanujam was "rudely accosted and prevented" from approaching the PM's aircraft by an SPG official during his visit to the state and demanded appropriate action against those responsible for it.

Senior IPS officer Ashok Kumar was today named the new Director General of Police (DGP) of Tamil Nadu in place of K Ramanujam who on retirement would take over as Adviser to the Government.

DMK on Tuesday filed a petition in Madras High Court seeking a direction to Election Commission (EC) not to permit DGP (Law and Order) K Ramanujam to continue as the administrative head of the police force till the conclusion of poll process when Anoop Jaiswal has been specially appointed as DGP (Elections).

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that state DGP K Ramanujam was "rudely accosted and prevented" from approaching the PM's aircraft by an SPG official during his visit to the state and demanded appropriate action against those responsible for it.