Raman Srivastava


Raman Sriwastaw is a former Director General of the Border Security Force, the border patrol agency of the Government of India.

Career

Srivastava was a 1973 batch IPS officer of the Kerala cadre. Before becoming Director General of BSF, he was Special Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs. Before that, he served as Director General of Police of Kerala.

Controversy

He was caught in a controversy following his alleged involvement in the ISRO spy ring case in the 1990s. Later, Supreme Court of India dismissed the case for being vague and baseless. He also dragged serious controversies over his alleged order, during his time in the State of Kerala as the Deputy Inspector General of Police, to the junior police officers, namely ASP Sandhya, to fire which resulted in the killing of an 11-year-old girl Sirajunnisa