Hyderabad, July 24 -- The Future City Police Commissionerate on Thursday, July 23, transferred three inspectors on administrative grounds, including the appointment of a new station house officer (SHO) for Shabad, where the gruesome murder of six persons and the subsequent suicide of the accused had sparked widespread public outrage.

According to the transfer orders issued by Future City Police Commissioner Tarun Joshi, DK Laxmi Reddy has been appointed as the new SHO of Shabad police station. The post had fallen vacant after Inspector Kantha Reddy was transferred following departmental action over the handling of the high-profile murder case.

The transfers follow an internal inquiry into the police response to the incident. Earlier, Su...