11 top cops to retire today

Thiruvananthapuram: As many as 11 senior

police

officers, including eight IPS

officers

, will

retire

from the service on Monday.

The officers include ADGP (protection of civil rights) E J Jayaraj, DIG (administration) S Surendran, AIG (public grievances) Xavier T F, SP (state special branch, Ernakulam range) Sabu P S, SP (state special branch, Thiruvananthapuram range) R Sukesan, SP (railways) S Rajendran, SP (state special branch, internal security) Ratheesh Krishnan, SP (crime branch, Ernakulam) Tomy Sebastian, SP (special cell) V Ajith, SP (crime branch, Palakkad) A S Raju and assistant director (Kerala police academy) C V Pappachan.

An online farewell was accorded on Saturday to all the officers who are retiring, in which all the senior officers, including Loknath Behera, participated.

Jayaraj joined the service in 1983 as assistant commandant who then served as SP in Alappuzha and Malappuram districts. He also served in positions like DIG and IG in armed police battalion, controller in legal metrology and ADGP (coastal security).

Surendran joined the force as circle inspector in 1988, who went on to become DSP in 1998 and SP in 2006. He was conferred with IPS in 2012, and served as district police chief in Kasaragod, Kollam rural and Alappuzha. He also served as the city police commissioner in Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi and DIG (Thrissur range).

Sukesan who joined as sub-inspector in the force was noted when he investigated the bar bribery scam involving former minister and KC (M) leader K M Mani. After retirement while he was in vigilance, he was conferred with IPS in 2018 who was then appointed in various posts, including as principal of police training college and managing director of Consumerfed.