V.V.Bhaskar to head State police

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE, JULY 25. The State Government on Wednesday appointed Mr. V.V.Bhaskar, an IPS officer of the 1964 batch, the new Director-General and Inspector-General of Police.

Mr. Bhaskar, presently Director-General of Police (CoD), will take over from Dr. K.Sreenivasan, who retires on July 31. Mr. Bhaskar is likely to have a tenure of 14 months, and will retire on September 31, 2002.

In a career spanning 36 years, Mr. Bhaskar, 59, has held various positions in the Government and Police Department. He has served as the Superintendent of Police of Hassan, Bijapur, Bellary, Dakshina Kannada and Gulbarga districts. On promotion as Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Bhaskar was in charge of the Western and Southern ranges. He was the first Police Commissioner of Mysore City and was instrumental in setting up a Commissionerate there.

In the last three years as the Director-General of Police (CoD), he has led and guided the investigation teams that probed the sensational bomb blasts at churches in South India as well as the murder of the Karwar MLA, Vasanth Asnotikar.

In recognition of his services, he was awarded the President's Police Medal for meritorious and distinguished service.

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