Who Is Seemanth Kumar Singh, The New Bengaluru Police Commissioner?
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Before his Mangaluru posting, Seemanth Kumar Singh served as the Superintendent of Police in Ballari, later earning a promotion to Deputy Inspector General of Police.
Seemanth Kumar Singh has been appointed the new Bengaluru Police Commissioner, just hours after Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah ordered the suspension of four senior officials, including the Commissioner, DCP (Central), ACP, and Additional Commissioner (West).
This decision follows a stampede during Royal Challengers Bangalore's victory celebrations in Bengaluru on Wednesday, which tragically resulted in 11 deaths and several injuries. Here's a look at the profile of the new Bengaluru Commissioner:
– Seemanth Kumar Singh served as the police commissioner of Mangaluru before his Bengaluru appointment.
– Prior to his Mangaluru posting, he served as the Superintendent of Police in Ballari, later earning a promotion to Deputy Inspector General of Police.
– He subsequently assumed the role of Police Commissioner of Mangaluru.
– According to a report by Mangalore Today, he is popularly known as 'Bellary Reddy's man".
– He is a 1996-batch IPS officer and is the 39th Police Commissioner of Bengaluru City.
– In 2023, Singh, who was then posted as ADG ACB, Karnataka Police, won the prestigious President's Police Medal For Distinguished Service.
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