Bengaluru police commissioner Praveen Sood, who had in the past issued stern warnings to pro-Kannada activists against breaking the law, was transferred by the Karnataka government today.

In an sudden announcement, IPS officer T Suneel Kumar, who was Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) and Managing Director of Karnataka State Police Housing Corporation, has been appointed as the new head of the city police.

IPS Sood had recently warned pro-Kannada activists against violating the law while opposing use of Hindi on signboards in the city.

Kannada Rakshana Vedike (Kannada Protection Forum) activists came had defaced Hindi signboards at a dozen metro rail stations and threatened shops and private offices to use Kannada on their sign boards.

After this the Bengaluru police had booked cases against 36 KRV activists and arrested about 20 of them under Section 153 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for blackening Hindi sign boards at the metro stations.

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