Manoj Yadava is an Indian police officer who is DG of Railway Protection Force and former

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. He had previously held the post of joint director of the

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at the Union Home Ministry (MHA).

Early life

Yadava was born in Aligarh,

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, India. His elder son Aditya Vikram Yadav,

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has secured the rank 72 in UPSC 2018 and Currently serving as the

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(DM) of

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district in Assam. His younger son Aniruddh Yadav is also an

officer. Aniruddh secured the All-India Rank (AIR) 08 in the UPSC Civil Services Exam-2022 result.

Career

Yadava was appointed to the IPS in 1988. He has worked as SP in many districts of Haryana. He joined the

in February 2003. ManojDGRPF

On February 18, 2019, he was appointed as Director General of Police, Haryana. On 7 Jan 2021, Haryana government extended his tenure till further orders. He was replaced by the incumbent Prashanta Kumar Agrawal, an IPS officer of the 1988 batch on 16 August 2021. Yadav is appointed as the Director General of Police or head of Railway Protection Force.

References

Living people Indian Police Service officers Indian police chiefs People from Aligarh district Year of birth missing (living people) {{Law-enforcement-bio-stub