India, Sept. 1 -- Senior IPS officer G Venkataraman, was appointed as Tamil Nadu's new Director General of Police (DGP) and Head of Police Force as incumbent Shankar Jiwal (IPS) retired on Sunday.

Venkatraman was serving as the Director General of the Administrative Wing of the Tamil Nadu Police. He will now be the 33rd DGP of the state. The state government issued the orders through Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Dheeraj Kumar.

Venkatraman belongs to the 1994 batch and has held several positions across Tamil Nadu including as Superintendent of Police of the districts of Perambalur and Salem, deputy commissioner of law and order in Madurai city and served in roles in the CBI and CB-CID.

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