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Praveen Sood takes charge as the new state police chief replaces Neelmani Raju

Karnataka government appoints Praveen Sood as head of police force

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Citizen-centric policing is the way forward, says Praveen Sood, IPS, who took charge as the new state police chief replacing Neelmani Raju on Friday.

Sood, a 1986 batch IPS officer's has been appointed over-ruling the seniority of another officer Ashit Mohan Prasad, a 1985 batch IPS officer, another front runner for the coveted post. Prasad will retire in October 2020 and would have had a very short tenure prompting the state government to appoint Sood as DG&IGP, sources in the state government said.


Karnataka government appoints Praveen Sood as head of police force
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Sood born in May 1964 will have one of the longest tenures – four years five months retiring in May 2024. Sood has earlier headed the Police Computer Wing modernising the police force. He had been the police commissioner of Bengaluru and headed CID among other key posts. Hailing from Himachal Pradesh, he is an alumni of IIT Delhi he has a BTech in civil engineering.


Three senior Director General of Police rank officers – the outgoing DG&IGP Neelamani N. Raju, M N Reddi and Raghavendra Auradkar retired from service on Friday.