- K. R. Kaushik
K. R. Kaushik (
September 29 1948 ) is theDirector General of Police (Anti-corruption bureau) of the state ofGujarat in westernIndia . [cite news|title= K.R. Kaushik assumes office as Gujarat DGP|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/19/stories/2007101962531800.htm|publisher=The Hindu|date=2007-10-19|accessdate=2008-03-29] He is an IPS officer, who joined theGujarat Police Force in 1972. He was appointed as the police commissioner of Ahmedabad during the2002 Gujarat violence . [ cite news | url = http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/05/11/stories/2002051102800100.htm| title = 8 killed as mobs go on the rampage in Ahmedabad| work = Online Edition| publisher = The Hindu| pages = | page = 1| date = 2002-05-11| accessdate = 2006-08-10] He has also briefly served as the Director General of Police, the highest police position in the state, when theElection Commission of India appointed him as DGP during the legislative election in Gujarat in 2007.P. C. Pande , who had earlier held the post, was re-appointed as DGP after the elections by theNarendra Modi government. [cite news|title=Pande re-appointed as DGP of Gujarat|url=http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=420062&sid=REG|publisher=Zee News|date=2008-01-23|accessdate=2008-03-29]References
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