R. R. Bhatnagar
Indian police officer
Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar (born 30 December 1959) is a retired Indian Police Service-1983 batch officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre. Served in different capacities in the various state and central law enforcement organisations, Bhatnagar received the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service on 15 August 2007. He served as the Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in his last tenure of service till his retirement on 31 December 2019. He was appointed an advisor to the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir G. C. Murmu by the Government of India in January 2020.
Personal life
Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar was born on 30 December 1959 to K. R. Bhatnagar. He is a native of Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh. He studied Master of Science at college and later finished Master of Philosophy. He attended Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and studied Post Graduate Diploma in Management over there. His wife is a practicing physician in Delhi.
He was sent in the mandatory quarantine period in the last week of May 2020 for coming in contact with his family members, wife and son, who tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 after returning from Delhi.
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