Shivamogga: B.M. Laxmi Prasad has been posted as the new Superintendent of the Police of the Shivamogga district on Thursday, April 1.
A 2014 batch IPS officer, B.M. Laxmi Prasad was serving as the SP of Dakshina Kannada district and is now transferred to Shivamogga.
Laxmi Prasad, a B.Tech degree holder, was ranked 151 in the UPSC examination. He also had worked as Superintendent of Police of Vijayapura. He was posted as Superintendent of Police, Anti Naxal Force, Karkala, Udupi. He had also been posted as Superintendent of Police, Internal Security (Centre for Counter-Terrorism), Bengaluru.
Mr. Prasad has replaced Ravikanthe Gowda B.R. in 2019 as the SP of Dakshina Kannada, and now has been appointed as the new SP of Shivamogga.
Sonawane Rishikesh Bhagawan who was serving as superintendent of police of Yadgir district will be the new SP of Dakshina Kannada district.