Karnataka IGP seeks voluntary retirement

Bengaluru: In a sudden and shocking move the former Intelligen­ce chief and the incumbent Inspector General of Police, Civil Defence and Home Guards, Gopal B. Hosur has sought for voluntary retirement from the government service four months before his superannuation in February 2014. According to top government sources, Hosur on Septem­ber 17 wrote to the government to relieve him from service with immediate effect, while reportedly quoting personal reasons. Director General of Police and Commandant, Home Guards, Omprakash, who received the letter from his IGP, forwarded the same to the Chief Secretary the same day. “I neither deny nor confirm the news,” said Hosur, who was on official visit to Dodaballapur to see some land for his department. Hosur, who was hand picked by former BJP CM B.S. Yeddyurappa to be his Intelli­ge­n­ce chief in an ADGP rank post in September 2010 was reportedly sidelined after the incumbent Congress-led CM Siddaramaiah came to power in May. He was transferred and posted as IGP, Homeguards. A 1980 batch Karnataka State Police Service officer, Hosur, who was later conferred the IPS, has served in very sensitive posts including the special task force, which was set up to nab notorious forest brigand Veerappan. In 1993 he suffered near fatal bullet injuries in his neck in an encounter with Veerappan’s aides and was in hospital for nearly six months. http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130920/news-current-affairs/article/karnataka-igp-seeks-voluntary-retirement