Karnataka gets its first woman police chief

Neelamani Raju moved to the Central Service in 1993. She was out of state for more than 23 years, returned to the state services in 2016.

Police Commissioner Neelamani N Raju has been appointed the Director General of Police (DG-IGP) of Karnataka. She is the first woman DGP in the history of the state police department.

Neelamani Raju, a native of Roorkee, Uttarakhand, was born on January 17, 1960. She 1983 batch IPS officer.

The Karnataka Government has passed the order confirming her appointment on October 31st.

Neelamani is the wife of DN Narasimharaju, former Chief Commissioner of State Information Commission. She had been serving as Bangalore Rural SP for some time.

Later, she moved to the Central Services in 1993. She was out of state for more than 23 years and returned to the state services in 2016.

In May 2016, she took over as Director General of Police (Internal Security Division).

She will succeed incumbent DGI-IGP Rupak Kumar Dutta. Neelamani Raju will retire from service in January 2020 and will be in the DGP-IGP post for two years and three months.

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