Navi Mumbai police commissioner K L Prasad quit for personal reasons on Monday . An IPS officer of the 1982 batch, Prasad was to retire in May next year.
Additional chief secretary (home) K P Bakshi confirmed to TOI that Prasad has put in his papers. “Prasad has sought voluntary retirement from the IPS on personal grounds. We will process his application as per rules,'' Bakshi said on Monday .
One of the most honest and distinguished IPS officers, prior to his posting in Navi Mumbai, Prasad was commissioner, state intelligence department. As joint commissioner (law & order) in Mumbai, Prasad shot into the limelight when he took on Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray .
While Prasad did not respond to a text message from TOI, a high-ranking IPS officer said he was unhappy over the recent reshuffle.“Prasad was disturbed over the manner in which he was superseded. Officers junior to him were considered for key assignments, while he was ignored. In fact, he was planning to quit immediately, but he delayed his decision,'' the IPS officer said.
Prasad was ex pecting to be consid ered as Thane police commissioner in view of his seniori ty, but the home de partment appointed Parambir Singh.
A senior bureau crat said appoint ments of police commissioners were not made on the basis of seniority but was the prerogative of the chief minister.
Prasad is the third IPS to quit in the recent past. Additional DG P K Jain quit a week before retirement.Now he has been appointed as a member of the state police complaints authority.Satyapal Singh quit as police commissioner and is now a Lok Sabha member of the Bharatiya Janata Party .
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