Senior IPS officer N Vishnuvardhana has been appointed as the new Commissioner of Police, Mysuru City, officials said on Saturday. Vishnuvardhana, a 2012-batch IPS officer, was serving as Deputy Inspector General of Police and Director of the Karnataka Police Academy, Mysuru, they said.

An official notification dated 13 November issued by Karnataka Government stated: "N Vishnuvardhana, IPS (KN 2012), Deputy Inspector General of Police & Director, Karnataka Police Academy, Mysuru is transferred with immediate effect and posted until further orders as Commissioner of Police, Mysuru City vice Smt Seema Latkar, IPS transferred."

The post is declared equivalent in status and responsibilities to Deputy Inspector General of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, under Rule 12 of IPS (Pay) Rules 2016.