DGP, who played vital role in extradition of gangster Ravi Pujari to retire

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Senior IPS officer Dr Amar Kumar Pandey who is currently serving as the Director General of Police & Director General Fire & Emergency Services is all set to retire from his services on December 26 in the city.

A customary farewell parade has been organised at the KSRP Parade Grounds in Koramangala on Monday morning to honour the senior official on his superannuation.

A native of Bihar, Pandey is a 1989-batch Karnataka cadre IPS officer, who has held various posts, such as Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) in Karnataka. He has a PhD in refugee studies from the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru.

Pandey had played a crucial role in the extradition of gangster Ravi Pujari from Senegal to Bengaluru