Slain DySP left two govt jobs to join police force

So great was his passion for police force that Deputy Superintendent of Police Aman Thakur, who was killed in an encounter in Kulgam on Sunday, gave up two government jobs to don the uniform.

Thakur, who is in his late 30s, first got a job in the social welfare department and was later appointed as lecturer at a government college in view of him having master's degree in Zoology.

He always wanted to be in the police force and he had a passion for wearing the uniform, one of his close friend in the police said.

A resident of Gogla district in Doda region, Thakur, a 2011-batch Jammu and Kashmir Police Service officer, is survived by aged parents, wife Sarla Devi and six-year-old son Arya.

Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh could not hold back his emotions while recalling his various meetings with the young police officer.

"He was always beaming with enthusiasm and used to lead his team from the front," Singh said.

During his tenure in the militancy-infested Kulgam district of ...