Abdul Rahman Infant IPS (A.R. Infant IPS) (born June 23, 1952), was the former director general and inspector general of police (DGP & IG) in the state of

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. His appointment was announced by the

state home minister

R. Ashoka Jalahalli Ramaiah Ashoka (born 1 July 1957) is an Indian politician serving as the Minister of Revenue of Karnataka from 20 August 2019. He is also the Vice-Chairman for the Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority and the district in-ch ...

on 31 of March 2012 following a state high court order directing the removal of its current DGP & IG

Shankar Bidari Shankar Mahadev Bidari was the Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG&IGP) of the state of Karnataka. An Indian Police Service officer of 1978 batch, he was also the Commissioner of Police, Bangalore City. Bidari hails from Bana ...

and replacing the DGP & IG position with Infant. However Shankar Bidri was later given clean chit by

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clearing him of all baseless allegations. He hails from Kerala. He was born in Paravoor in Kollam district.

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