Bengaluru: The State Government has approved the Voluntary Retirement Service (VRS) of former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and Additional Director General of Police Bhaskar Rao.
According to a government notification issued on December 13, the competent authority has accepted Rao’s voluntary retirement notice under Rule 16(2) of the All India Services 9 (DCRB) Rules, 1958, with effect from April 2, 2022. The government did not approve Rao’s VRS for which he had applied in September last year.
The former IPS Officer is currently the Karnataka Vice-President of the Aam Admi Party (AAP), which he joined in April. In June, Rao was appointed the Karnataka AAP Vice-President.