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Hasan Gafoor IPS
Predecessor D.N. Jadhav






Born 11 December 1950
Born Hyderabad, India
Died 12 March 2012 (aged 62)
Place of death Mumbai, India







Occupation Law enforcement


Hasan Gafoor (11 December 1950 – 12 March 2012) was the Director General of Police of Maharashtra (Anti Corruption bureau). Previously he was the Director General of Police of Maharashtra and managing director of the Maharashtra Police Housing & Welfare Corporation. He was the Police Commissioner of Mumbai, but was transferred as an aftermath of the 2008 Mumbai attacks.[1] Prior to being the Police Commissioner, he was the Additional Director General, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) between 15 June 2007 and 29 February 2008.[2] Gafoor was a 1974 batch IPS officer.

Hasan Gafoor was indicted in Pradhan commission report on lack of leadership during the Mumbai terror attacks. Hasan Gafoor died of a heart attack in the Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai, on 12 March 2012.[3][4][5]

Incidents

During his tenure as Police Commissioner of Mumbai the following events took place:

  1. 2008 anti-North Indian violence in Maharashtra
  2. 2008 Ahmedabad bombings
  3. Rahul Raj encounter
  4. 2008 Mumbai attacks

References

  1. D Sivanandan to be new police chief of Mumbai. The Times of India(June 14, 2009). Retrieved 2009-11-27.
  2. Maria to take over as crime branch chief. The Times of India(15 June 2007). Retrieved 2008-12-07.
  3. Former police chief Hasan Gafoor dead. Indian Express. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
  4. Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Hasan Gafoor dead. Rediff.com. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
  5. Ex-Mumbai police chief Hasan Gafoor dead. The Times of India. Retrieved 2012-03-12.

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