India, March 2 -- The N Chandrababu Naidu government in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday suspended senior IPS officer P V Sunil Kumar for allegedly making repeated foreign visits without prior permission during the previous YSRCP regime.

According to the order issued by chief secretary K Vijayanand, Kumar had deviated from the travel plan approved by the government during the overseas trips he is accused of taking.

"Now, therefore, in the exercise of the powers conferred under Rule 3 (1) of the All India Service (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969, the Government of Andhra Pradesh hereby places P V Sunil Kumar, IPS, under suspension with immediate effect," the order stated, according to PTI.

Kumar is a DGP-rank officer who was awaiting his pos...