The Karnataka government on Saturday officially appointed M A Saleem as the state's Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG&IGP) and the Head of Police Force (HoPF). He was placed under concurrent charge as the DG&IGP following the retirement of Alok Mohan in May this year.
A Senior IPS officer, Saleem has held 26 different assignments over his three-decade-long career, the latest being Director General of Police (CID). He is best known for his efforts to ease Bengaluru’s traffic problems, having served as Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic-East), Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic and Security), and later as Special Commissioner of Police (Traffic).