<div style="display:inline" class="fn">Raghunath Behura</div>
| Additional Director General Raghunath Behura Indian Police Service | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 October 1955 Odisha |
| 💀Died | 15 April 2012 (aged 56) GNRC, Sixmile,[1] Guwahati15 April 2012 (aged 56) |
| Resting place | Odisha |
| 🏫 Education | Master of Chemistry |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Ipsita Behurta (Wife) |
| 👪 Relatives | Ishan (son) |
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Raghunath Behura (born 17 October 1955) was an IPS Officer (32RR)[2][3] of 1979 batch IPS cadre of Manipur-Tripura.[2] He was the Additional director of the Intelligence Bureau.[4][5] Behura died in a road mishap on 15 April 2012.[6][7][8]
Police career[edit]
Late Raghunath Behura served as a Police officer in Tripura in different capacities. Behura joined the Intelligence Bureau in 1985 where he also served in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[9]
Behura was the key person in the Intelligence Bureau, for whom the Department of Telecommunications of India mandated all Mobile companies and Internet Service providers to keep a record of the users' data for 1 year instead of previously ordered for 6 months.[10] Following the report of Behura, India's Union home secretary decided Indian Army to verify and identify that there is no Mobile BTS (Base Trans-Receiver Station) that can provide network near the country's international border.[11] He also asked the Department of Telecommunications not to facilitate Huawei and ZTE for telecom equipments of BSNL.[12]
Death[edit]
Raghunath Behura and Additional Director General of Assam Police, Pallab Bhattacharyya, returning to Guwahati after an investigation, met an accident on 9 April 2012. In that accident, both Mr. Behura and Mr. Pallab Bhattacharyya were seriously injured and admitted in GNRC, Sixmile.[13][9]
Mr. Behura's health deteriorated and was put under a ventilator, but he succumbed to his injuries on 15 April 2012.[14]
Decorations[edit]
• 
President's Police Medal for distinguished service - 2004
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Senior IB officer hurt in mishap dies". The Assam Tribune. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "32 RR Alumni Gallery". Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy. Archived from the original on 24 December 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2021. Unknown parameter
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|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ The Indian Police Journal. India. Bureau of Police Research & Development. 1997. p. 96. Search this book on
- ↑ "IB's AD Raghunath Behura passes away". FACEnFACTS. 15 April 2012.
- ↑ "IB officer dies after six-day battle". The Telegraph (India). 16 April 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ↑ "IB Additional Director Behura Passes Away". Outlook (Indian magazine). 15 April 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ↑ Anand, Manoj (16 April 2012). "IB additional director Behura passes away". The Asian Age. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Odisha Intelligence Bureau officer dies in Guwahati". The Times of India. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ "Telcos to retain users' data". The Times of India. 28 February 2011.
- ↑ "'Mobile signal spillover aiding terrorists': The Times Of India". Zee News. 8 May 2008.
- ↑ "Don't award BSNL deal to Huawei: IB, MoD". The Economic Times. 14 May 2009.
- ↑ Kashyap, Samudra Gupta (16 April 2022). "Hurt in road mishap,IB Addl Director Behura dies". The Indian Express.
- ↑ "Intelligence Bureau additional director dies in car accident". The Times of India. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
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