Seemanth Singh and Gopal Hosur

When Gopal B. Hosur was transferred from Bengaluru to Mangaluru on the West coast, as D.I.G, he was about to be the city commissioner, but it appears that either he has no political god father, or does not bother for one, to climb the career ladder. On reaching Mangalore, he found that an IGP had vacated his place for Hosur, but the latter (Hosur) was less than that in rank! He bided his time, and got his promotion as I.G.P., but the M. commissionerate was slipping away from his hands, either because the port city had not grown up (it is a B grade city), or because he had become I.G.P for the Western range, comprising 3 coastal districts and perhaps, Shimoga, added. He was now given additional charge of a commissionrate in the womb, not yet delivered. It was the brain child of a SP earlier, who was posted to Kolar, after being the best police online news writer (Twitter?) the Mangalore commissionerate took a long time to grow in Pandeshwar-womb of the city. But our Gopal was probably too slow in its creating, as it was an additional charge for him. He remains the IGP for Western Range, but in- comes Seemanth Singh of Bihar, from Bengaluru to Mangaluru, on the blessings of Bellary Reddy brothers, whom he had cultivated in the thick of illegal iron-ore mining on the borders, of Bellary/Ananthpur by shifting stones marking the two states borders. He was here in 2002 as DSP and Seemanth (end of border?) is promoted as DIG and also the new Police Commissioner in the port city. The place had a higher ranking police officer till recently, as it was felt only an IGP can head the new commissionerate. But Mangalore has again been de-graded, to be unimportant to men who matter! (in Bengaluru, that is).

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