K. R. Kaushik
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K. R. Kaushik (born 29 September 1948) is an Indian Police Service officer who briefly served as the Director General of Police (DGP) of the Gujarat Police in 2007.[1] He joined the Gujarat Police Force in 1972. He was appointed as the police commissioner of Ahmedabad during the 2002 Gujarat violence.[2] He served as DGP when the Election Commission of India appointed him 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]
Kaushik was an accused in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case when he was the Ahmedabad Police commissioner.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "K.R. Kaushik assumes office as Gujarat DGP". The Hindu. 19 October 2007. Archived from the original on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
- ^ "8 killed as mobs go on the rampage in Ahmedabad". The Hindu. 11 May 2002. p. 1. Archived from the original on 1 March 2003. Retrieved 10 August 2006.
- ^ "Pande re-appointed as DGP of Gujarat". Zee News. 23 January 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
- ^ Pereira, Anthony W. (2 June 2023). Right-Wing Populism in Latin America and Beyond. Taylor & Francis. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-000-89029-7.