DIG Roopa given traffic posting after Sasikala jail expose

DGP Prisons has been transferred without any posting, his deputy Roopa will man Bengaluru traffic

Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah has transferred Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police D Roopa, who unearthed corruption in the main prison in Bengaluru. She alleged that AIADMK leader Sasikala Natarajan and Stamp Paper scam mastermind Abdul Karim Telgi were being favoured. D Roopa will now head Bengaluru's notorious traffic as its commissioner.

While Roopa has been made the commissioner for traffic and Road Safety, the person she had accused of corruption - Director General of Police  H N Sathyanarayana Rao, has been removed from his post.

Roopa, who last week conducted surprise checks in the main prison in Bengaluru, found