<p>Retired DG&IGP C Dinakar died after a multiple organ failure at a private hospital here in the wee hours of Thursday. He was 77.</p>.<p>Dinakar was the state police chief from April 8, 2000 to February 28, 2001. He was hospitalised a couple of days ago and passed away at around 12.30 am on Thursday. Family sources said the last rites were performed at the Kalpalli cemetery in Indiranagar on Thursday evening.</p>.<p>Many senior officers attended the funeral.</p>.<p>Dinakar was the state police chief when matinee idol Dr Rajkumar was abducted by forest brigand Veerappan and he had a challenging task in maintaining the law and order in the state.</p>.<p>Later, he wrote a book - Veerappan’s Prize Catch: Rajkumar, the kidnap saga - which triggered a controversy. Dinakar had tried to scrap the orderly system in the police department, but later it was re-introduced. After his retirement, he practised law in the High Court.</p>
<p>Retired DG&IGP C Dinakar died after a multiple organ failure at a private hospital here in the wee hours of Thursday. He was 77.</p>.<p>Dinakar was the state police chief from April 8, 2000 to February 28, 2001. He was hospitalised a couple of days ago and passed away at around 12.30 am on Thursday. Family sources said the last rites were performed at the Kalpalli cemetery in Indiranagar on Thursday evening.</p>.<p>Many senior officers attended the funeral.</p>.<p>Dinakar was the state police chief when matinee idol Dr Rajkumar was abducted by forest brigand Veerappan and he had a challenging task in maintaining the law and order in the state.</p>.<p>Later, he wrote a book - Veerappan’s Prize Catch: Rajkumar, the kidnap saga - which triggered a controversy. Dinakar had tried to scrap the orderly system in the police department, but later it was re-introduced. After his retirement, he practised law in the High Court.</p>