'T.N. cannot spare officer for appointment as NSG chief'

By Radha Venkatesan

CHENNAI, AUG. 4. The Tamil Nadu Government has finally written to the Centre, declining to spare the services of the Director- General of Police (Training), Dr. R. Rajagopalan, for appointment as the National Security Guards chief.

In a fax message to the Union Home Ministry on Friday, the State Government said that the services of the DGP (Training) were required in Tamil Nadu for sensitising and providing the requisite training to the police personnel in the State.

The Centre had sent a communication to the State Government a fortnight ago appointing Dr. Rajagopalan as the Director-General of the National Security Guards. But, the State Government did not relieve him and sent a reply only on Friday last.

As for the transfer of three police officers, including the Chennai Police Commissioner, Mr. K. Muthukaruppan, to the Cabinet Secretariat in New Delhi, the State Government has already sent its reply, arguing that it was in violation of the transfer norms laid down by the Centre itself.

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