Patna: Former DGP of Bihar Abhayanand has retired from his service today. He was accorded a farewell at a ceremony organized by Homeguard in Bihta yesterday.
Former Bihar DGP Abhayanand at a function
A 1977 batch IPS Officer, Abhayanand did his schooling from St. Xavier’s High School, Patna and St. Michael’s High School, Patna. He majored in physics from Patna Science College, and topped in his class. His wife Nutan Anand is an obstetrician and gynaecologist. His father, Jagdanand was also DGP of Bihar during 1985–86.
Abhayanand is said to be the brain behind the speedy trial and convictions of criminals in Bihar. Aided by his efforts, the Judiciary, in 2010 alone, convicted 14,311 persons in speedy trials out of which 37 persons were awarded capital punishment and 1,875 to life imprisonments.
He was also the brain behind Special Auxiliary Force, which was composed of retired army men. Since, ex-army men were already trained in arms and combat, there was no ramp up time needed for them.
During his tenure as ADG at Bihar Military Police (BMP), he even motivated constables to donate generously to transform a government hospital into a modern nursing home.
Despite coming from a family of cops, he is widely noted as a cop who never used his revolver. “I believe a team leader is supposed to guide security personnel in the use of arms during encounters. If the team leader carried a weapon, he would be more concerned about his own safety. It is your strategy and not weapon that leads to success,†he said in an interview to The Telegraph, last year.
In 2003, he along with Mathematician Anand Kumar came up with idea of Super 30, which trained 30 underprivileged children for IIT Entrance Examination, completely free of cost. Soon, this concept gained momentum and popularity and Super 30 churned out 18 successful students in 2003, 22 in 2004, 26 in 2005, 28 in 2006, 30 in 2007 and 30 again in 2008. Later he split with Anand Kumar and started Rahmani Super 30, which later multiplied to several states.