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Ranjit Kumar Gupta (often referred to as Ranjit Gupta) was Police Commissioner of Kolkata in the seventies and played a controversial role in tackling the Naxalite movement. He retired as the police chief of West Bengal. ==Career== Gupta joined the Indian Police in 1942 and was the DIG (Border Police) during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. He played a controversial role in tackling the Naxalite movement. He was hated by not only the ultra-left radicals and human rights activists for his ruthless line of action, but also by mainstream politicians. However, his juniors held him in high regard, particularly for his integrity and strong character. During the troubled Naxalite movement days, he worked directly under Govind Narain, who was the Union Home Secretary. He is particularly credited for the conduct of the elections in 1971. Quite often in the thick of controversy he had trouble with the political establishment in April 1971 and proceeded on leave. He returned in 1972 as Special IG of West Bengal (then police chief) and continued till July 1976. Thereafter, he retired prematurely.〔 Endowed with impeccable manners, he was a scholar and anthropologist. Prasun Mukherjee, a senior police officer who served under him, in an obituary tribute said, “In the departure of Mr Ranjit Gupta, we have lost a person who had become a legend during his career, who was a born leader of a force, was confident of himself, trusted his juniors and identified himself with them so much that he called himself a Policeman and not a Police Officer.” He died on 19 May 2012 at the age of 93.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ranjit Kumar Gupta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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