K. R. Kaushik (born 29 September 1948) is the Director General of Police (Anti-corruption bureau) of the state of Gujarat in western India.[1] He is an IPS officer, who joined the Gujarat Police Force in 1972. He was appointed as the police commissioner of Ahmedabad during the 2002 Gujarat violence.[2] He has also briefly served as the Director General of Police, the highest police position in the state, when the Election 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 the Narendra Modi government.[3]
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edit- ^ "K.R. Kaushik assumes office as Gujarat DGP". The Hindu. 19 October 2007. Archived from the original on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
- ^ "8 killed as mobs go on the rampage in Ahmedabad". The Hindu. 11 May 2002. p. 1. Archived from the original on 1 March 2003. Retrieved 10 August 2006.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Pande re-appointed as DGP of Gujarat". Zee News. 23 January 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2008.