MM Khajuria IPS (Retd) Former DGP J&K passes away

MM Khajuria, son of the soil, was born on 11th of June 1931. He grew up to be a dynamic student leader and spearheaded number of movements, one of them being agitation for free education up to postgraduate level in the state.

He joined the police service of J&K State in the year 1954 and was the first police officer in J& K to be inducted into the Indian Police Service. He was an outstanding police officer who held various sensitive posts and was the first director general of J&K police from Jammu.

He also had the distinction of being the first police officer to serve as the Special Commissioner as an aftermath of the Poonch agitation. After retirement from police service, he took up public service and did a lot of work to educate the masses especially on terrorist related issues and was a security analyst and a well-known TV and media personality . He passed away on 15th of June 2023 after brief illness.

He is survived by three daughters and sons in law, 6 grandchildren and a great grand-daughter.