Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 29: IPS officer of J&K cadre of 1971 batch MK Mohanti passed away.
Mohanti was born in the year 1949 and after joining the J&K cadre, he served as ASP Srinagar, SP Leh, SP Crime and Railways, SP CID, CI Jammu, DIG CID, Director PTC and DIG Crime.
In the year 1990 he went on deputation to the Government of India and returned in the year 1999 and was posted as Transport Commissioner.
On his promotion as ADGP, the officer served as ADGP Home Guard & Civil Defense, ADGP Security and DG Prisons. In the year 2009 after more than 38 years service, the officers retired as Transport Commissioner.
The officer was awarded with the medal for Meritorious Police Service in the year 2003.
Two minutes silence was observed by the officers as a mark of respect to the departed officer.
Meanwhile, to mourn the demise of MK Mohanti, a condolence meeting was held at police headquarters here under the chairmanship of Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh.
The meeting was attended by ADGPs AK Choudhary, SJM Gillani, AG Mir, IGPs, MK Sinha, Vijay Kumar, Alok Kumar & Director ACB Anand Jain, DIG Central Kashmir, Amit Kumar, all AIGs of PHQ, SP Budgam and other senior police officers of PHQ.
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