India, Aug. 12 -- The Karnataka government has reinstated senior IPS officer K Ramachandra Rao, appointing him as the Director General of Police (DGP) for the Directorate of Civil Rights Enforcement. The move comes months after he was sent on compulsory leave following the arrest of his stepdaughter, actress Ranya Rao, in a gold smuggling case.

In a government notification, the state withdrew the compulsory leave order imposed on Rao in March. "The order of compulsory leave with respect to Dr K Ramachandra Rao, IPS (KN 1993) is hereby withdrawn and the officer is posted with immediate effect and until further orders as Director General of Police, Directorate of Civil Rights Enforcement in the upgraded vacant post," the order stated.

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