Vipul Kumar is Mangaluru’s new Police Commissioner
Mangaluru: Vipul Kumar, a 1999-batch IPS officer, on Wednesday took charge as the new Mangaluru Police Commissioner. He replaced incumbent T.R. Suresh. These two officers were among a few officers transferred by the State Government following directions of the Election Commission.
Mr. Kumar, 49, a native of Jehanabad in Bihar, has done M.Tech in Petroleum Engineering from the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. Before coming to IPS, he was the Executive Engineer in the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.
Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, Mr. Kumar said an important task before him was to ensure peaceful conduct of the Assembly election in the region.
The IPS officer started as the Assistant Superintendent of Police, Bailhongal Sub Division, Belagavi. He was the Inspector- General of Police (Southern Range) and also the Director of Karnataka Police Academy.
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Yogish Goudar murder case: Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni, 16 others sentenced to life imprisonment
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Bengaluru: A special court for people’s representatives has sentenced Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni and 16 others to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of BJP leader Yogish Goudar.
The verdict was delivered by judge Santhosh Gajanana Bhat. The court had earlier, on Wednesday, held all 17 accused guilty of murdering Goudar, while reserving the quantum of punishment.
On Friday, the court pronounced the sentence, awarding life imprisonment to all the convicted persons in the case.
Yogish Goudar, a BJP member from the Hebballi Zilla Panchayat constituency in Dharwad district, was murdered in 2016.
