{
  "id": 8732517,
  "title": "IPS officers Kanthi Rana Tata, Vishal Gunni get postings after revocation of suspension",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/ips-officers-kanthi-rana-tata-vishal-gunni-get-postings-after",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-20T16:50:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ips-officers-kanthi-rana-tata-vishal-gunni-get-postings-after-revocation-of-suspension/article71488856.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The State government recently announced the transfer and reassignment of several IPS officers who had been suspended in relation to the Kadambari Jethwani case. Among those reinstated are Officer Kanthi Rana Tata from the 2004 batch and Officer Vishal Gunni from the 2005 batch, both of whom were previously suspended for allegedly illegally confining and harassing Ms. Jethwani and her family. Tata has been appointed as Inspector General of Police, Directorate of Traffic Management and Road Safety, while Gunni has been posted as Deputy Inspector General of Police, Training, and given full additional charge as Director of the Andhra Pradesh Police Academy. Other officers transferred or reposted include C.M. Thrivikram Varma, who is now Inspector General of Police and Director of the Forensic Science Laboratory, and Anti-Corruption Bureau Director R. Jayalakshmi, now Inspector General of Police, CID Cyber Crimes. Additionally, the government has appointed new Superintendents of Police for three districts, including Pankaj Kumar Meena in Markapuram, Jagadeesh Adahalli in Palnadu, and K. Chakravathi in Polavaram.",
  "summary": "New SPs appointed for Markapuram, Palnadu and Polavaram districts",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}