The Centre has given an extension in service to senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and Gujarat Director General of Police Ashish Bhatia for another eight months beyond his date of superannuation at the end of this month.
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, June 26
Underlining the Centre’s decisive efforts in making attempts to resolve “the complex Kashmir issue”, a group of retired IPS officers on Satu
The officers said the decisions to annul Article 35A and read-down Article 370 were implemented in a way that prevented loss of life and property. (Representative photo)
NEW DELHI: 15 former IPS officers have, in an open letter to the PM, appreciated the government s outreach to J&K political parties. They said the decisions to annul Article 35A and read-down Article 370 were implemented in a way that prevented loss of life and property.
They said even Pakistan is now asking for reinstatement of statehood for J&K, virtually accepting it as a part of India. The 15 ex-IPS officers, including 10 former DGPs, penned the letter as part of a collective effort named Track The Truth . They include A K Singh, Geeta Johri, P P Pandey and Shivanand Jha, from Gujarat cadre; K B Singh, M Nageswara Rao and Prakash Mishra from Odisha cadre; Badri Prasad Singh, R K S Rathore and Vikram Singh from UP cadre; former J&K DGPs K Rajendra Kumar and S P Vaid; and K Aravinda Rao and Vivek Dube from An
PM Modi s crucial all-party meeting with J&K leaders
Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired an all-party meeting on Jammu and Kashmir involving several political leaders from the Union Territory, at least 15 former Indian Police Service (IPS) officers on Saturday wrote an open letter praising the Prime Minister for his government s painstaking and courageous efforts to resolve the Kashmir issue.
The open letter under the banner of Track the Truth has been signed by former IPS officers A.K. Singh, Badri Prasad Singh, Geeta Johri, K. Aravinda Rao, K. Rajendra Kumar, K.B. Singh, M. Nageswara Rao, P.P. Pandey, Prakash Mishra, R.K.S. Rathore, Shivanand Jha, S.K. Rout, S.P. Vaid, Vikram Singh and Vivek Dube.