Jacob Punnoose was the

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(DGP) of

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and the State Police Chief. He retired on 31 August 2012 after serving more than 35 years in the Indian Police Service and in Kerala Police. He was succeeded by Sri K.S.Balasubramanian IPS as the State Police Chief on 1 September 2012. He has often been accused of being close to the Kannur lobby within the

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. On 31 January 2018 he became Executive Director of Pushpagiri Medical College. He is Secretary of the Pastoral Council in the Major Archieparchy of Trivandrum.

Education

He had his education in Government U.P.S. Thekkekkara (

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), P C High School ( Ranni), S C High School (Ranni), St. Xavier's College, Thumba (

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), University College (Trivandrum) and

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Career

He became the City Police Commissioner of

and

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, Joint Excise Commissioner, Zonal IG of Trivandrum and Kozhikode, Intelligence IG, Additional DGP (Training) and Intelligence DGP. He was the Vigilance Director. He was the chairman Kerala Police Act Review Committee. He was appointed DGP of

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on 26 November 2008. He was a member of 1975 IPS Batch.

Personal life

He belongs to the Kurudamannil family. His parents are K.C. Punnoose and Annamma.Prof. Rebecca Msc. Mphil. is his wife. The couple have two children: Punnoose Jacob and Thomas Jacob.

References

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