Jaya shunts officials, cops

And of the 24 shunted collectors, 14 officers have been left without a posting. Of course, the faithful have been rewarded. Chennai Collector V. Kannuchamy, who was ordered out of the post by the Election Commission following complaints of irregularities in compiling voters’ lists, is back in the same seat. She has also overhauled the police set-up in Chennai, appointing state Intelligence chief K. Natarajan as the new city police chief. Three deputy commissioners in Chennai have also been replaced.

However, the key change is the return of senior officer, Venkatakrishnan as Intelligence chief. He was her trusted ‘‘information channel’’ till a few months before the elections. Sources say the next round of transfers would follow soon and ‘‘uncooperative’’ officials at the Secretariat would be weeded out.