Walter Issac Devaramhttp://indiankanoon.org/doc/1968478/ (born 20 July 1939) is a retired

Indian Police Service The Indian Police Service ( IPS) is a civil service under the All India Services. It replaced the Indian Imperial Police in 1948, a year after India became independent from the British Raj. Along with the Indian Administrative Service (I ...

officer. He served as the

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for the State of

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. He was a former Army Officer before he sat for the IPS wherein he stood first in the order of merit. He curbed the Naxal menace with an iron hand during his stint as DIG/Vellore Range and Intelligence Unit Tamil Nadu Police. He led the joint forces set up by

and

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Government to apprehend the forest brigand,

Veerappan Koose Munisamy Veerappan (18 January 1952 – 18 October 2004) was an Indian bandit turned domestic terrorist who was active for 36 years, and kidnapped major politicians for ransom. He was charged with sandalwood smuggling and poaching o ...

. He also served as the vice chairman of the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu. He retired from service on 31.7.1997

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W I Dewaram: the Controversial Commissioner
Living people 1939 births People from Kanyakumari district Indian police officers {{India-law-bio-stub