An Indian Police Service officer of the 1987 batch, Anil Kumar Raturi assumed charge as the Director General of Police, Uttarakhand on Monday. He took over the charge from MA Ganapathy who has been sent on Central deputation for four years as additional director CISF. Raturi who is known as an honest officer and a stickler for rules, was allotted the Uttar Pradesh cadre. later, as Uttarakhand was carved out of UP in 2000 he was sent to the new State to build the force here.
In undivided Uttar Pradesh, Raturi worked on the post of SP (City) lucknow and later, he served as SP in Pilibhit and Raebareli districts. He was later promoted as SSP Azamgarh, Etawah and Meerut districts, one after another. He has also worked as an assistant director of National Police Academy, Hyderabad.
After creation of Uttarakhand he was one of the few IPS officers to arrive in Dehradun as Officers on Special Duty (OSD) posted by the UP Government in August 2000, to establish Police Headquarters of the new state and to facilitate establishment of Uttarakhand Police.
He worked as DIG, IG and ADGP on various assignments in different branches such as STF, vigilance, intelligence, security, PAC training, personnel, law and order, administration and CBCID. Also he held charge of IGP Kumaon Range as well as chief of intelligence of the state and director prosecution, Uttarakhand, DGP (rules and manuals), director vigilance and director prosecution Uttarakhand.
He was awarded the President’s police medal for distinguished service in 2011, police medal for long and meritorious service in 2003 and director NPA’s commendation Disc in 1997. Besides, he represented India in the international roller hockey championship at Cairo, Egypt in 1983. He also won appreciation while working as an editor of national police academy journal in 1998-99.