This is one of the rare times when a hard core IB official has returned to the State and has broken into a male bastion and become the top cop of Karnataka.
Mrs. Neelmani Raju IPS 1983 one of the most outstanding officers has been appointed as DGP, Karnataka.
Despite caste forces and anti-women forces aligned against her Karnataka CM picked her on the basis of seniority and merit.
Ms Neelmani is the wife of an outstanding former IAS officer, DN Narasimha Raju, who is now Chief Executive Officer, NISG, Government of India.