Alok Mohan IPS

Another accused in the murder of a Bajrang Dal activist Prashanth Poojary involved in busting illegal slaughterhouses was arrested on Saturday before he was to fly to Dubai from Mumbai airport. Acting on a look-out circular set by Mangaluru Police to all airports across the country, 40-year-old Mohammad Imtiaz Gantalkatte was picked up by immigration officials at Mumbai airport, ADGP Alok Mohan told reporters here. A team has been sent to Mumbai to bring the accused back to Mangaluru for investigation, he said. With this, nine persons have so far been arrested for the murder of Prashant Poojary, a 29-year old flower vendor who was brutally hacked to death by six bike-borne men at nearby Moodbidri on October nine. Mangaluru Police Commissioner S Murugan had earlier said the accused were upset over Poojary's activities against illegal trafficking of cattle. The brutal attack had happened 12 days after 50-year-old Mohammad Akhlaq was lynched by a mob at Dadri in Uttar Prade

Bantwal, Jun 15 : The situation in Kalladka in the taluk, which had witnessed several incidents of disturbances and attacks, has remained calm since the last two days. Dakshina Kannada district superintendent of police, Bhushan G Borase, said that three additional contingents of Karnataka State Reserve Police force have been summoned from Hassan and Chikkamagalur districts to manage law and order situation in Kalladka. Borase stated that additional director general of police (ADGP) of Karnataka, Alok Mohan, who is in charge of law and order, will be visiting Kalladka on Thursday, June 15 to take stock of the situation. So far, 18 persons stand arrested relating to incidents. The arrested people belong to both the communities that are at loggerheads. The SP assured people that there need not be any apprehension about innocent people being taken into custody by the police. Family members of certain Muslim and Hindu families visited the police station here on Wednesday, J

The city is expected to get a new police commissioner by July-August with the incumbent MN Reddi due for promotion as DGP . One of two senior IPS officers - Alok Mohan IPS or Praveen Sood IPS-is expected to take up the top post. Reddi, who has gained popularity with his Twitter-friendly approach, is slated to be posted as DGP of the Criminal Investigation Department and Special Units and Economic Offences wings. The current CID chief Bipin Gopalkrishna is retiring by the end of June. Official sources say that Alok Mohan , who is now ADGP Administration), has a better chance of replacing Reddi. Mohan has previously served as IGP (Western Range).Three years ago, Mohan went to Singapore to study public policy and ater to Harvard University for a master's in public management, making him the first officer from the Karnataka cadre to be selected for this course. On the other hand, Praveen Sood, Additional DGP, Karnataka State Reserve Police, is no stranger to Ben

Bengaluru: The State Government posted Alok Mohan IPS as the Additional Director-General of Police (ADGP), Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), from Communication, Logistics, and Modernisation. The State government has also transferred another senior official from the ACB, K.V. Sharath Chandra, as IGP, Eastern Range, Davangere. Soumendu Mukherjee, IGP and Additional Director, Fire Services, has been given the additional charge of the post of IGP, Special Investigation Team, Karnataka Lokayukta. M.A. Saleem, IGP, Eastern Range, Davangere, has been promoted as ADGP, Crimes and Technical Services. He will also hold the concurrent charge of the post of Commissioner for Traffic and Road Safety — a post held by D. Roopa since July after she was transferred from the Prisons Department. Ms. Roopa has been promoted as IGP and Additional Commandant General, Home Guards, and ex-officio Additional Director, Civil Defence, Bengaluru. Malini Krishnamoorthy, Additional