IPS Officer Who Led 2016 SIMI Jailbreak Operation Retires After Distinguished Career
2006-batch IPS officer Arvind Saxena retired on Friday after a distinguished career, including leading the police operation following the 2016 SIMI jailbreak from Bhopal Central Jail. Decorated with three service honours, Saxena retired alongside FSL DIG Sashikant Shukla, who completed 32 years in policing.
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Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Arvind Saxena, a 2006-batch IPS officer and inspector general (IG), Gwalior Range, retired from service on Friday.
He served as superintendent of police (SP), Bhopal, and led the police team that encountered eight Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) activists in 2016.
The SIMI jailbreak took place on the intervening night of Diwali on Oct 31, 2016, when eight SIMI activists escaped from Bhopal Central Jail after killing a head warder. Saxena led the police team that later encountered the fugitives.
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He is the only officer from his batch to have received all three service honours - the Gallantry Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal and the Distinguished Service Medal.
Deputy inspector general (DIG), Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), Sashikant Shukla, a 2009-batch officer, also retired on Friday after completing 32 years of service.
Shukla joined the state police service in 1994 and later served on deputation abroad for about two-and-a-half years. He was promoted from superintendent of police to DIG and was appointed director of the FSL.
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