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unusual facts about Inspector General of Police



C.K. Gandhirajan, IPS

He was promoted as the Inspector General of Police on the 22nd of October 2005 and served in Operations, Intelligence and Railways before being posted as The Commissioner of Police, Coimbatore City on November 25, 2006.

Ghana Police Service

The current head of the Ghana Police Service is Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan.

Ibrahim Coomassie

Alhaji Ibrahim Coomassie, was an Inspector General of Police of Nigeria from 1993 to 1999, serving under the military governments of Generals Sani Abacha and Abdulsalami Abubakar.

Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan

He is the commanding officer of the Ghana Police Service and holds the title of Inspector General of Police.

Peter Nanfuri

He is a former Inspector General of Police (IGP) in Ghana.


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Badri Narain Sinha

Sinha served as Superintendent of Police, Champaran (1958–63) and Bhagalpur (1965-68), Superintendent of Railway Police, Muzaffarpur (1968–70) and Senior Superintendent of Police, Ranchi (1970–71), Deputy Inspector-General of Police and Member Secretary, Bihar Police Manual Revision Committee in June, 1971, Deputy Inspector - General of Police, Central Range, Patna (1974–77) and later D.I.G. of Police, Criminal Investigation Department till his death in harness on 7 November 1979.

Bukit Bintang Boys' Secondary School

Some notable ex- BBians include Tan Sri Musa Hassan (Inspector General of Police), Reshmonu (recording artist) and Irfan Khairi (Malaysian internet millionaire).

David Robert Lyall

In 1883 he was appointed Inspector-General of Police in Chittagong, then promoted to Commissioner of the region.

Hendon Police College

Other graduates included Deputy Assistant Commissioner John Bliss (1936–1937), first National Co-ordinator of Regional Crime Squads of England and Wales, Michael Macoun (1938–1939), Inspector-General of Police of Uganda and later of British Dependent Territories, and the politician Sir Henry Calley (1938–1939).

Jalaluddin Hassan

His eldest brother is Tan Sri Musa Hassan, former Inspector General of Police (IGP) and both of their brothers are Dato 'Fuad Hassan, a former assemblyman in Ulu Klang and currently Director General of Special Affairs Department (JASA) in the Ministry of Information.

Mahamaham stampede

Walter Devaram, the inspector-general of police is quoted as saying "a concrete superstructure of a building on the northern bank of the bank collapsed under the weight of those standing on it to watch the festival".

Mahmudur Rahman

Many national figures arrived to welcome his release, including the film maker Chashi Nazrul Islam, writer Farhad Mazhar, journalist Abdul Hye Shikdar, and former Inspector-General of Police M.A. Quayum.

Mariano Álvarez de Castro

In December 1823 French troops, ironically invading Spain in order to restore the tottering throne of Ferdinand VII, passed through Figueres, and on the orders of Marshal Moncey, formerly Napoleon's Inspector-General of Police, destroyed the plaque.

Musa Hassan

In March 2010, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said that the government will find a replacement for Inspector General of Police Musa Hassan shortly.

Mustafa Adebayo Balogun

In November 2008 and again in February 2009, the Chairman of the House Committee on Police Affairs, Abdul Ahmed Ningi, asked the Inspector General of Police Mike Okiro, to provide details of the money recovered from Tafa Balogun, a request that he passed on to the EFCC chairman, Mrs Farida Waziri.

Samuel Dunlop

Captain, Major, and then Colonel, Samuel Dunlop served in Singapore as the Inspector-General of Police of the Straits Settlements in 1875 succeeding Thomas Dunman and held that position till 1890, handing over the reins to RW Maxwell (1891-1895).

Tissa Weeratunga

Born to Arthur (proprietor planter) & Henrietta Weeratunga (née Gurusingha) of Matara and he had one sister, Krishnajina who married Ana Seneviratne ( former Sri Lankan Inspector-General of Police).