HYDERABAD: Recalling ups and downs in his career as a police officer, 1981-batch IPS officer Abdul Khayyum Khan, (known as A K Khan) said that police service is the best job in serving people and only a police officer can directly help the public. Khan retired as director general of the Anti Corruption Bureau (AC B), Telangana State on Saturday.
He is the first chief of AC B after formation of Telangana State. Khan is also the chairman and vice-president, Telangana Minorities Residential Educational Institutional Society. At the age of 25, Khan finished his training as IPS probationary off i cer and was pos ted i n Vijayawada. He further stated that when he took charge as the DG of AC B, the conviction rate was low.
“I took measures by providing proper training to public prosecutors and staff of the agency that helped in enhancing conviction rate to 70 per cent in the AC B. The AC B staff have been trained in various ways in detecting cases of illegal assets and trap the accused officials,’’ Khan said. Khan has worked in various important capacities as SP Nalgonda, SP Prakasham, SP East Godavari and DCP traffic, West Zone. On promotion, he worked as DIG , Guntur, DIG, CID and later as IGP.
He was also posted as Additional Commissioner of Police, L&O and Additional Commissioner of Police, Traffic in Hyderabad and later as Commissioner of Police in Visakhapatnam. On promotion as Additional DGP, he worked as DG Fire Services, Additional DGP (L&O) and Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad. He also worked as Vice Chairman and Managing Director of APSRTC.