Raman Srivastava was a 1973 batch

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officer who served as the Director general of police in

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from February 2005 till November 2008. He is also a former Director General of the

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(BSF), the

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of the

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Career

Srivastava was a 1973 batch IPS officer of the

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cadre. Before becoming Director General of BSF, he was Special Secretary (Internal Security) in the

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. Before that, he served as Director General of Police of

and occupied various policing positions in a 33 year career. He also maintained very cordial relations with all parties and factions, notably K. Karunakaran,

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and

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. In 2017, he was appointed by

as a special police advisor of the rank of the Chief Secretary.

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

officers investigating the case. Later,

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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.

References

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