11-23-2006, 01:01 AM
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Pioneer.com
PT Bopanna | BangaloreÂ
In a rare gesture, <b>senior IPS officer Shankar M Bidari has donated Rs 50 lakh out of the reward money he received for the anti-Veerappan operation to a school in memory of former State Additional Chief Secretary NA Muthanna, one of the toughest IAS officers of the Karnataka cadre.</b>
Of the Rs 1.6 crore cash reward given to Bidri by the State Government, Rs 50 lakh was donated to Karnataka State Police Children's Residential School at Dharwad, renamed by the State Government as NA Muthanna Memorial Police Children's Residential School. Bidri, presently Additional Director General of Police (Law & Order), headed the Special Task Force against forest brigand Veerappan during 1993-1996. It was during Bidri's tenure as the STF chief the backbone of Veerappan's gang was broken and the number of the brigand's associates were reduced from over 100 to a mere half a dozen. Asked what made him donate such a large amount to the school in memory of Muthanna, Bidri told The Pioneer<b>: "As Principal Home Secretary, Muthanna gave support and inspiration for the STF team. When several allegations were made against the STF during the operations, it was Muthanna who backed the team and provided moral courage. Being the son of a police officer himself, Muthanna was an upright and straight-forward officer." </b>
<b>After retaining Rs 25 lakh for himself, Bidri has decided to donate the rest of the amount to various organisations. The former STF chief will also be donating gold swords to Chamundeshwari temple in Mysore, Sri Bannariamman temple in Sathyamangala taluk and one gold trident to Sri Malai Mahadeshwara temple in MM Hills.</b>
<b>Interestingly, many police personnel used to worship in these temples before going on anti-Veerappan operation. A sum of Rs 10 lakh is being donating to Basappa Memorial Hospital at Mysore, where the injured police personnel were being treated.</b>
Bidri's daughter Vijaya-lakshmi stood first in the all-India civil services examination a few years ago and she is presently the Collector of Sindhdurg district in Maharashtra and his son is an IPS officer in Rajasthan.
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Pioneer.com
PT Bopanna | BangaloreÂ
In a rare gesture, <b>senior IPS officer Shankar M Bidari has donated Rs 50 lakh out of the reward money he received for the anti-Veerappan operation to a school in memory of former State Additional Chief Secretary NA Muthanna, one of the toughest IAS officers of the Karnataka cadre.</b>
Of the Rs 1.6 crore cash reward given to Bidri by the State Government, Rs 50 lakh was donated to Karnataka State Police Children's Residential School at Dharwad, renamed by the State Government as NA Muthanna Memorial Police Children's Residential School. Bidri, presently Additional Director General of Police (Law & Order), headed the Special Task Force against forest brigand Veerappan during 1993-1996. It was during Bidri's tenure as the STF chief the backbone of Veerappan's gang was broken and the number of the brigand's associates were reduced from over 100 to a mere half a dozen. Asked what made him donate such a large amount to the school in memory of Muthanna, Bidri told The Pioneer<b>: "As Principal Home Secretary, Muthanna gave support and inspiration for the STF team. When several allegations were made against the STF during the operations, it was Muthanna who backed the team and provided moral courage. Being the son of a police officer himself, Muthanna was an upright and straight-forward officer." </b>
<b>After retaining Rs 25 lakh for himself, Bidri has decided to donate the rest of the amount to various organisations. The former STF chief will also be donating gold swords to Chamundeshwari temple in Mysore, Sri Bannariamman temple in Sathyamangala taluk and one gold trident to Sri Malai Mahadeshwara temple in MM Hills.</b>
<b>Interestingly, many police personnel used to worship in these temples before going on anti-Veerappan operation. A sum of Rs 10 lakh is being donating to Basappa Memorial Hospital at Mysore, where the injured police personnel were being treated.</b>
Bidri's daughter Vijaya-lakshmi stood first in the all-India civil services examination a few years ago and she is presently the Collector of Sindhdurg district in Maharashtra and his son is an IPS officer in Rajasthan.
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