Udupi : Hakay Akshay Machhindra is Udupi’s new superintendent of police. He will take charge on January 1, 2020.

The IPS officer earlier served as assistant superintendent of police, Chincholi sub-division in Kalaburagi district.

Machhindra (29) completed his Civil Services (Main) Examination in 2014 and was appointed to the Indian Police Service (on probation) in December 2015.

The present Udupi SP Nisha James, IPS, has been transferred.

James, a 2013 batch IPS officer was appointed as SP of Udupi on February 21, 2019. She has successfully handled important cases in the district in her 10 month tenure.