New Tirupati SP promises to contribute 50% of his salary to fund education of meritorious students

TIRUPATI: After assuming charge as the new superintendent of police of the Tirupati urban police wing in the temple city on Saturday, Avula Ramesh Reddy, IPS promised to contribute 50% of his salary to fund the education of meritorious students in the temple city.
The 2007 batch IPS officer of the Triupura cadre who hails from Andhra Pradesh expressed his thanks to chief minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy for providing him with the opportunity to serve his home state 13 years after being in the police service away from home.
As per the customary practice, Avula Ramesh Reddy offered prayers to Lord Venkateswara at the Tirumala temple in the early hours on Saturday and later reached the district police office in Tirupati where he assumed charge as the new SP of the Tirupati urban police wing.
Interestingly, while Tirupati urban police wing itself was formed about 10 years ago, Avula Ramesh Reddy assumed charge as the 10th SP of the Tirupati urban police wing.
Speaking to reporters after assuming charge, the new SP outlined his priorities and said ''It is a honour to as an SP of the Tirupati urban police wing whose jurisdiction includes the world renowned Lord Venkateswara temple at Tirumala. My top priority would be to uphold the peaceful environs of the temple city which is thronged by millions of devotees from across the globe besides the population living here''.
"Cyber crime is a universal problem today and my focus would be on to effectively tackle cyber crime by adopting the latest technological interventions to protect the people from falling prey to online fraudsters. Equal focus would also be on bringing down the crime rate against women and children by effectively enforcing the provisions of the new Disha Act," Avula Ramesh Reddy added.
"I have also thrust upon myself certain social obligations especially given my long-term association with the temple city. From now on, I will ensure to visit at least one school every month and contribute 50% of my salary to fund the educational needs of meritorious students. There are a lot of civil services aspirants here and I would also be available to guide the students to successfully crack the civil services examinations," asserted the new Tirupati SP.
Avula Ramesh Reddy who noted the selfless contributions made by the media fraternity for the betterment of the society, said the Tirupati urban police wing would shortlist the best media story each month and the journalist who contributed to the article would be paid Rs.5000 cash award from his salary.
Meanwhile, several senior officials of the police department, from the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams and the political fraternity greeted the new Tirupati SP at the DPO on Saturday.