Shailesh Kumar Yadav
Shailesh Kumar Yadav | |
|---|---|
| DGP of Tamil Nadu Police (Tamilnadu Police Housing Corporation and Idol Cell CID) | |
| Assumed office 12 January 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 August 1965 Then Allahabad Now Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh |
| Nationality |  Indian |
| Alma mater | Allahabad University |
| Occupation | IPS Officer |
| Police career | |
| Department | Tamil Nadu Police |
| Service years | 1993-present |
| Rank |  Director General of Police |
Shailesh Kumar Yadav is a 1993 batch Indian Police Service officer of Tamil Nadu cadre who is currently the head of Tamilnadu Police Housing Corporation and Director General of Police of Idol Wing CID cell of Tamil Nadu Police.[1]
He is a Masters in Ancient History from Allahabad University[2] and has also qualified UGC JRF.[3]
Career
[edit]In 1991, he became an officer in CISF through UPSC and in 1993, after getting selected in IPS in the Civil Services Examination 1993 conducted by UPSC, he left CISF and joined IPS, he got Tamil Nadu cadre, he got his first posting as ASP in Tirunelveli district, he has served as Superintendent of Police in Erode, Kanyakumari, Tuticorin, Tirunelveli districts.On central deputation, he served as Regional Passport Officer, Ghaziabad under the Ministry of External Affairs. He has served on important posts like Commissioner of Police, Madurai,[4] Inspector General of Police, South Zone, Additional Director General of Police in Human Rights and Social Welfare.[5] In the year 2018, when he was Inspector General of Police (South Zone), 13 protesters were killed in police firing during the anti-Sterlite Copper protest in Thoothukudi,[6] for which he was criticized.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Police Note No. 27 of 2023" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "IPS शैलेश कुमार यादव ने संभाली तमिलनाडु के DGP की कमान, इलाहाबाद से है खास नाता - IPS Shailesh Kumar Yadav has taken charge of the DGP of Tamil Nadu had a special connection with Allahabad". Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ Tamil Nadu Police Electronic Service Register (31 August 2021). "Civil List 2021" (PDF). Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "Low-intensity blasts in Madurai bus-stand sparks fear, no one hurt". The News Minute. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "Tamil Nadu shifts 21 IPS officers, Shailesh Yadav named ADGP Idol Wing-CID". ETGovernment. The Economic Times. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "IPS officer indicted in Thoothukudi police firing promoted as DGP". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "Board of Directors". TNPHC. Retrieved 16 April 2025.