Hyderabad, Dec 3 (UNI) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has suspended Telangana State Director General of Police (DGP) Anjani Kumar here on Sunday evening for violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC)and relevant conduct rules,
These suspension orders were issued hours after the DGP along with other police officials met the state Congress President Revanth Reddy, who won Kodangal seat in the elections, at his residence in Hyderabad with a flower bouquet to congratulate him even as the counting of votes were under process.
However , the EC also issued a show cause notice to two other police officers for explanation .
Besides issuing suspension orders on Anjani Kumar, the commission directed the government to appoint the senior officer tank in the place of Anjani kumar.
The Congress party got a single majority in the elections.
The DGP earlier held a meeting with Hyderabad Commissioner of Police, Additional CP Vikram , Additional CP ( traffic) Babu , ISW IGP Tafseer along with Sanjay Jain and Mahesh Bhagwat and planned for effective bandobust for LB stadium function, where congress party is planning to conduct swearing ceremony .
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