Amaravati, May 27 (Maaxim News): Senior IPS officer Stephen Ravindra has been selected as new Intelligence chief of Andhra Pradesh. He is presently working as Inspector General of Police in Hyderabad Range of Telangana.
Stephen Ravindra is known for commitment and dedication in his work as well as one of the most talented officers. It will take another 15 days to relieve him from Telangana police service as both the States have to write letters to the Centre for transfer of the top IPS officer. It may be recalled here that Stephen worked as Chief Security Officer to former Chief Minister YS Rajasekhar Reddy and was close to YS family. He is known for controlling factionalism in Rayalaseema when he worked in that region and he shot into fame with his fight against Maoism.
Earlier, Stephen Ravindra left for Vijayawada on Monday to meet chief minister-designate Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy. With the Model Code of Conduct ending on Sunday, the continuation of senior IPS officer Kumar Vishwajeet, who was appointed by the Election Commission during the polls, as the Intelligence chief is at the discretion of the new government under the leadership of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.
A 1999 batch IPS officer, Ravindra is also heading the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the government of Telangana to look into data theft scam that shook Andhra Pradesh and Telangana recently. He is credited with clamping down on factionism in Anantapur when he worked as the district SP during the tenure of the then chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy. The IPS officer also served as Warangal SP when Rajasekhara Reddy held talks with Maoists in 2004. (Maxim News)
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