Former DGP passes away

Ahmedabad: Former director general of police of Gujarat, K Chakravarthy, who was police chief of the state during the 2002 riots, passed away in Mumbai on Tuesday evening. He was 73 and was battling cancer.

Chakravarthy was admitted at Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai where he breathed his last, said Gujarat DGP Ashish Bhatia. Bhatia instructed all members of Gujarat Police to observe two minutes of silence on Wednesday afternoon. Chakravarthy was known for his role during the 2002 Gujarat riots.

He had in April 2002 taken over the office of the then police commissioner PC Pande, as the city police chief drew flak during the massacre.

Chakravarthy had in 2004 stated before a riot probe panel that he did not remember who was present at a meeting held at the CM’s house in Gandhinagar on February 27, 2002. In 2011, he stated before the Supreme Court that then IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt did not attend the February 27 meeting. tnn


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