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Praveen Sood is an Indian policeman who serves as Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation and served as Police Commissioner of Bangalore and Mysore. [1] [2] He is the father-in-law of Cricketer Mayank Agarwal.
The Bengaluru City Police (BCP), formerly Bangalore City Police, is the law-enforcement agency of the South Indian city of Bengaluru.The BCP works under the Karnataka State Police jurisdiction and is headed by the Commissioner of Police, Bangalore City, currently B.Dayananda, IPS is the Police Commissioner.
Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D): Conducts research and development in police science and technology. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI): Investigates serious crimes of national importance, corruption and economic crimes. Directorate of Coordination of Police Wireless (DCPW): Coordinates wireless communication among police ...
The Intelligence Department is headed by an Additional Director General of Police, assisted by two Deputy Inspector General of Police and five Superintendents of Police at headquarters. The five Superintendents of Police in the Intelligence Divisions are in Bangalore, Mysore, Mangalore, Gulbarga, Belagavi, Davanagere and Ballery.
In Delhi and Kerala, the CID is referred to as the Crime Branch, and in Tamil Nadu, it is known as the Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID). [4] [5] In Punjab, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is known as the Punjab Bureau of Investigation (PBI or BoI). [6] [7]
The Bureau of Investigation traces its origins to the Special Police Establishment (SPE), a Central Government Police force, which was set up in 1941 by the Government of India to investigate bribery and corruption in transactions with the War and Supply Department of India. [6] It had its headquarters in Lahore.
The Police Bureau of Investigation was formed on 18 September 2012 to investigate "sensational" and difficult cases. [3] In November 2016 Bangladesh Police burned down shanties of Santals in Gaibandha and the PBI was tasked to identify the responsible police officers.
Founded in July 1963, the post has been held by 32 officers of the Indian Police Service (IPS), the first of whom was C. Chandy. The average length of tenure is 1 year, 8 months; Bangalore's longest-serving Police Commissioner is P. G. Halarnkar, who held office for 3 years, 9 months in the mid-1980s. The current incumbent is B Dayananda, who ...