6 Senior IPS Officers in the Fray for Post of State Police Chief

Police headquarters sends list to state govt, which will forward it to UPSC by April end

- SHAN A S @T'Puram

All six senior-most IPS officers in the state, who were included in the list of probables to replace outgoing DGP Shaik Darvesh Saheb as the next police chief, have expressed their willingness to be in the fray for the coveted post. Consents were given by DGPs Nitin Agrawal, Ravada A Chandrasekhar and Yogesh Gupta, and ADGPs Manoj Abraham, S Suresh, and M R Ajith Kumar.

There were apprehensions whether Ravada and Suresh would be willing to join the race as they have been working with powerful central organisations on deputation. Ravada, who belongs to 1991 IPS batch, is currently working as a special director with the Intelligence Bureau (IB), while Suresh of 1995 batch, is currently an additional director with the Special Protection Group (SPG), which provides security to the prime minister.