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| name = Lokanath Behera <br />
| honorific_suffix = [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]<br />
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| currentstatus = Retired<br />
| department = [[Kerala Police]] <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1961|06|17}}<br />
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| allegiance = [[Indian Police Service]]<br />
| rank = Director General of Police<br />
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| alma_mater = {{Unbulleted_list|[[Utkal University|Utkal University, Bhubaneswar]]|[[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy|Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad]]}} <br />
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|birth_place=[[Bhubaneswar]], [[Odisha]], [[India]]}}<br />
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'''Lokanath Behera''' (born 17 June 1961) is a retired [[Indian Police Service]] (I.P.S.) officer. He was State Police Chief and [[Director General of Police]] (DGP) of the [[Kerala Police|Kerala State Police]]. He was the former Director of Vigilance in the state of Kerala, after [[T. P. Senkumar]] IPS was reappointed as the Kerala State Police Chief and Director General of Police following the verdict of the honorable [[Supreme Court of India]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2017/may/06/kerala-government-issues-order-to-reinstate-senkumar-as-dgp-1601839.html|title=Kerala Government issues order to reinstate Senkumar as DGP|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2017-05-08}}</ref> Behera is from [[Odisha]].<br />
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He was reappointed as Managing Director of Kochi Metro on 28 August 2021 by the Government of Kerala. <br />
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==Education==<br />
Behera holds a master's degree in Geology from [[Utkal University]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
Behera was appointed to the IPS in 1985 and is a part of the Kerala cadre.<ref name="Civil List">{{cite web|title=IPS Civil List.|url=http://mha1.nic.in/IPR/IPSII/civillistpdf.aspx|website=mha.nic.in|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs|access-date=31 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320135306/http://mha1.nic.in/IPR/IPSII/civillistpdf.aspx|archive-date=20 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> He started his career as an ASP, in [[Kerala]] and also served as Commissioner of Police in [[Kochi]] and DCP in [[Thiruvananthapuram]].<br />
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He was then appointed as SP and later DIG in the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]]. He was involved in the investigation of sensitive cases such as the [[Graham Staines]] murder case, [[Purulia arms drop case]], Mumbai serial blast case, etc. <br />
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In 2009, he joined the [[National Investigation Agency]] (NIA) and was one of the founder members.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lokanath Behera|url=http://securecitiesindia.com/sc2013/Speakers-Bios.aspx?id=168|website=Secure Cities 2015|publisher=Security Watch India|accessdate=31 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625012308/http://securecitiesindia.com/sc2013/Speakers-Bios.aspx?id=168|archive-date=25 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the NIA, he headed the Terror Financing and Fake Currency specialized cell of the NIA.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jury members for the LEA awards|url=https://www.dsci.in/taxonomypage/656|website=DSCI|accessdate=31 May 2016}}</ref><br />
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Prior to being appointed as the [[Director general of police|DGP]] of the [[Kerala Police]], he served as Director, [[Kerala Fire And Rescue Services]].<ref name="Civil List" /> He was a part of the team that traveled to the [[United States]] to question [[David Headley]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sushilkumar Shinde rubbishes allegations of manipulating Ishrat Jahan case file|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/former-home-minister-sushilkumar-shinde-rubbishes-allegations-of-manipulating-ishrat-jahan-case-file/1/612043.html|accessdate=31 May 2016|publisher=India Today|date=4 March 2016}}</ref><br />
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Behera retired from service on 30 June 2021.<br />
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==Awards==<br />
While on deputation at the NIA, Behera was awarded the [[President's Police Medal|President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=2009 PMDS awardees|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2009/aug/r21111012.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau|publisher=Government of India|accessdate=31 May 2016}}</ref><br />
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