Race for the new DGP, Karnataka gains momentum

With the appointment of the Director General of Police (DGP), Karnataka Praveen Sood as the new Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chief,  race for the new Police head is gaining momentum. Alok Mohan, the seniormost IPS  in the state is said to be the front-runner. The department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DP&AR)   will send the list of officers who have completed 30 years of service with clean Annual Confidential Reports (ACRs to Union Public Service Commission for empanelment. The other officers likely to find place in the list include Kamal Pant (Recruitment & Training, 1990 batch), Pratap Reddy (Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru, 1991 batch), Prashant Thakur (Lokayukta, 1992 batch), ADGPs Saleem, Ramachandra Rao (Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force) and Malini Krishnamurthy (Internal Security Division) of 1993 batch.