Raman Srivastava

Raman Srivastava

Police career

Allegiance  India
Country Indian Police Service
Rank former Director General of Border Security Force

Raman Srivastava is a former Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF), the border patrol agency of the Government of India.[1][2]

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.[3][4] Before that, he served as Director General of Police of Kerala.[5]

Controversy

Srivastava was caught in a controversy following his alleged involvement in the ISRO spy ring case in the 1990s.[6][7] Later, Supreme Court of India dismissed the case for being vague and baseless. He also dragged serious controversies over his alleged order, during his time in the State of Kerala as the Deputy Inspector General of Police, to the junior police officers, namely ASP Sandhya, to fire which resulted in the killing of an 11 year old Muslim girl, Sirajunnisa [8]

References

  1. ↑ TNN, Jul 2, 2009, 04.44am IST (2009-07-02). "Raman Srivastava to be new BSF chief - India - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
  2. ↑ "Raman Srivastava takes over as BSF chief". Thaindian.com. 2009-08-01. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
  3. ↑ Agencies (2009-07-01). "Raman Srivastava to be next BSF DG". Express India. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
  4. ↑ "Raman Srivastava’s new job a tough challenge". The New Indian Express. 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
  5. ↑ "The Hindu : Kerala / Thiruvananthapuram News : Raman Srivastava new DGP". Hinduonnet.com. 2005-02-03. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  6. ↑ "Prem Panicker reflects on the ISRO 'spy scandal'". Rediff.com. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  7. ↑ "IB Imagined Spy-Ring: CBI". www.outlookindia.com. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  8. ↑ http://www.indiaresists.com/remembering-sirajunnisa-lest-we-forget/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
Preceded by
M. L. Kumawat		 Director General of BSF
August 1, 2009 – October 31, 2011 		Succeeded by
U K Bansal