Bhatkal: In the wake of the approaching Assembly elections, several tahsildars and police officers have been transferred as per the instructions of the Election Commission.

Sirsi Tahsildar Sridhar Mundalmani has been transferred to Gokak in Belagavi district and Dandeli Tahsildar S S Paramananda to Kundgol in Dharwad district. Tahsildars N F Noronha from Karwar, Srikrishna Kamakar from Yellapur, Nagaraj Naikad from Honnavar and Santosh Bhandari from Siddapur too have been transferred and are awaiting movement order.

Kundgol Tahsildar Ashok Shiggavi has been transferred to Dandeli, Ramdurg Tahsildar Mallikarjun Heggannavar to Kumta and Ranebennur Tahsildar Shankarappa G S to Yellapur.

Karwar DCRB DSP Arvind Kalagujji has been transferred to Udupi's Karkal sub-division and Karkal DSP S Vijayprasad will replace him in Karwar.

CPI Santosh Shetty of Ankola has been transferred to Sullia, Sirsi Circle's Ramachandra Nayak to Khanapur, Bhatkal Rural Circle's CPI Mahabaleshwar Nayak to Kundapur, Vasanthram Achar of Gokarna Circle to Kadur, Karwar CEN Station's Anandamurthy to CEN Station of Dakshin Kannada.

CPI Manjunath of Udupi's CEN station has been transferred to Bhatkal Rural circle, Manjunath M of Malpe Circle to Gokarna, K R Shivakumar of Kadur Circle to Ankola, Kusumadhar to Karwar Rural, Manjunath Nayak of Khanapur to Sirsi and Mahantesh Hospete of Kittur to Joida.