R. K. Raghavan

Raghava Krishnaswami Raghavan is former director of Central Bureau of Investigation, who headed CBI from 4 Jan 1999 to 30 Apr 2001.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} He had investigated high profile cases like Priyadarshini Mattoo murder case,2000 South Africa cricket match fixing,2002 Gujarat riots.^{[7][8][9][10]} Raghavan was assisted by Ashok Malhotra, a former CBI DIG and SIT lawyer RS Jamuwar, both "outsiders to Gujarat" in Gujarat riots case.^[11][12] In April 2014,Supreme Court even praised the investigations done by SIT headed by Raghavan and declined to re-constitute another SIT.^[13][14][15] Raghavan was among three police officers to have been indicted by the Verma Commission for security lapses leading to Rajiv Gandhi assassination in 1991,but Raghavan had claimed that suicide bomber had gate-crashed after Rajiv's arrival.^[16][17]

Early life and career

Raghavan was born in a Iyengar family(a priestly Brahmin caste) in Mylapore,Chennai,Tamil Nadu in 1941.^[18][19] His grandfather C.R. Srinivasa Iyengar was deputy director, Department of Agriculture.He is an M.A. in Politics and Public Administration (Madras University) and an M.S. in Criminal Justice (Temple University, Philadelphia). A Ph.D. in Political Science, he was a Visiting Fellow at Rutgers University and the Harvard Law School. He is from 1963 cadre.He was also the director of Tamil Nadu Fire Service. Raghavan is a steadfast devotee of Lord Venkateshwara. Raghavan was the director-general of Tamil Nadu's State Vigilance Directorate for six years from 1993 to 1999, overseeing the corruption cases against AIADMK leader J.Jayalalithaa. In his 15-year stint with the Intelligence Bureau, he has been posted to Shillong, Delhi and Chennai. Raghavan joined as the 19th CBI director in 1999, from a panel comprising Andhra Pradesh police chief H.J. Dora and officiating director Trinath Mishra.^[20][21] He headed Interpol in India, and set up India's first cyber crime investigation cell. He was also Corporate Security adviser with Tata Consultancy Services.^[22][23][24] He was also consulting adviser in O.P. Jindal's Board of Management.^[25] Raghavan later head the SIT constituted by Supreme court of India to probe 10 riot cases of 2002.^{[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]} BCCI later asked Raghavan to probe 2013 IPL scandal.^[36][37]

Awards

Raghavan is recipient of Indian Police Medal for Meritorious Service and the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service.

Books

He has authored books like Indian Police: Planning, Personnel and Perspectives, and Policing a Democracy

See also

• Raju Ramachandran
• Gulbarg Society massacre
• Priyadarshini Mattoo
• Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi

References