K. R. Kaushik

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K. R. Kaushik (September 29, 1948) is the Director General of Police (Anti-corruption bureau) of the state of Gujarat in western India. [1] He is an IPS officer, who joined the Gujarat Police Force in 1972. He was appointed as the police commissioner of Ahmedabad during the 2002 Gujarat violence.[2] He has also briefly served as the Director General of Police, the highest police position in the state, when the Election Commission of India appointed him as DGP during the legislative election in Gujarat in 2007. P. C. Pande, who had earlier held the post, was re-appointed as DGP after the elections by the Narendra Modi government.[3]

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  1. ^ "K.R. Kaushik assumes office as Gujarat DGP", The Hindu, 2007-10-19. Retrieved on 2008-03-29. 
  2. ^ "8 killed as mobs go on the rampage in Ahmedabad", Online Edition, The Hindu, 2002-05-11, p. 1. Retrieved on 2006-08-10. 
  3. ^ "Pande re-appointed as DGP of Gujarat", Zee News, 2008-01-23. Retrieved on 2008-03-29. 
Preceded by
P. C. Pande		 Police commissioner of Ahmedabad
May 2002–December 2006		 Succeeded by
J. Mahapatra