Raman Srivastava

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Raman Sriwastaw
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Country Indian Police Service
Rankformer Director General of Border Security Force

Raman Srivastava was a 1973 batch Indian Police Service officer who served as the Director general of police in Kerala Police from February 2005 till November 2008. [1] He is also a former Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF), the border patrol agency of the Government of India. [2] [3]

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Career

Srivastava was a 1973 batch IPS officer of the Kerala cadre. Before becoming Director General of BSF, he was Special Secretary (Internal Security) in the Ministry of Home Affairs. [4] [5] Before that, he served as Director General of Police of Kerala and occupied various policing positions in a 33 year career. [6] He also maintained very cordial relations with all parties and factions, notably K. Karunakaran, Oommen Chandy and Pinarayi Vijayan. [7] In 2017, he was appointed by Pinarayi Vijayan as a special police advisor of the rank of the Chief Secretary. [8]

Controversy

He was caught in a controversy following his alleged involvement in the ISRO spy ring case in the 1990s which was obviously a fake allegation on the part of other Indian Police Service officers investigating the case. [9] [10] Later, Supreme Court of India itself dismissed the case for being vague and baseless. He also dragged serious controversy over his alleged order resulting in the death of a 11-year-old girl named Sirajunnisa, during his tenure in the State of Kerala as the Deputy Inspector General of Police. [11]

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References

  1. "Official Website of Kerala Police - Former Chiefs". keralapolice.gov.in. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. TNN (2 July 2009). "Raman Sriwastaw to be new BSF chief". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  3. "Raman Srivastava takes over as BSF chief". Thaindian.com. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  4. Agencies (1 July 2009). "Raman Srivastava to be next BSF DG". Express India. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  5. "Raman Srivastava's new job a tough challenge". The New Indian Express. 1 December 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  6. "The Hindu : Kerala / Thiruvananthapuram News : Raman Srivastava new DGP". Hinduonnet.com. 3 February 2005. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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Preceded by Director General of BSF
1 August 2009 – 31 October 2011
Succeeded by
U K Bansal