Raman Srivastava

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]

Raman Sriwastaw
Police career
CountryIndian Police Service
Rankformer Director General of Border Security Force

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
Main article: Intelligence Bureau (India) ยง ISRO spy ring case

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]

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)
  7. Jaipurkar, Anoop (4 December 2020). "How Kerala CM's police advisor Raman Srivastava manages to 'fire at will'". The Federal. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  8. "Ex-BSF DG appointed Police Advisor to Kerala CM". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  9. "Prem Panicker reflects on the ISRO 'spy scandal'". Rediff.com. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  10. "IB Imagined Spy-Ring: CBI". www.outlookindia.com. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  11. "Remembering Sirajunnisa, lest we forget". Indiaresists.com.
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