Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government transferred Greater Chennai Commissioner of Police Sandeep Rai Rathore on Monday, following the brutal killing of Tamil Nadu Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Chief K Armstrong in the city. Sandeep Rai Rathore will be replaced by senior IPS officer A Arun, who currently serves as the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Law and Order.

According to an order issued by the Home Department's Principal Secretary P Amudha, A Arun will be posted as the ADGP/Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai, downgrading Sandeep Rai Rathore's position. Rathore will now be appointed as DGP of the Police Training College in Chennai, currently headed by Rajeev Kumar, IPS. Senior IPS officer Davidson Devasirvatham, ADGP, will take over as ADGP of Law and Order, replacing Arun.

The Home Department is headed by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin. Rathore's previous statement that the number of murder cases in Chennai had decreased compared to the previous year had sparked controversy. K Armstrong was hacked to death on Friday by six men disguised as his supporters. The attackers fled the scene on bikes after committing the crime. Police investigating the murder have arrested eleven men so far. Officials suggest the crime may be a revenge killing linked to the murder of gangster Arcot Suresh, who was killed a year ago, allegedly on Armstrong's instructions.

BSP Chief Mayawati, who visited Chennai to pay her respects to the slain leader, demanded a CBI investigation into the murder. She also alleged that the real culprits behind the crime have not been arrested by the Tamil Nadu police.

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