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{{short description|Indian police officer (b. 1971, d. 2018)}}
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{{Infobox police officer|honorific_prefix=|office=|honorific_suffix=[[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
|name = Dr. K. Madhukar Shetty
|native_name =ಮಧುಕರ್ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ
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|birth_name =
|birth_place = [[Udupi district]], [[Karnataka]]
|birth_date = 17 December 1971
|order =
|death_date = {{death date and age|2018|12|28|1971|12|17|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana state]]
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|alma_mater = [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] ,

[[Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy]] (PhD)
|service = [[Indian Police Service]]
|rank = IGP (Inspector General of Police)
|father = Vaddarse Raghuram Shetty
|mother = Prafulla Shetty
|spouse = Suvarna Cherukuri
}}
'''Dr. K. Madhukar Shetty ''' (1971-2018) was an [[Indian Police Service]] officer of 1999 batch of Karnataka Cadre. He is remembered for working against [[illegal mining]] in Karnataka.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/168123/madhukar-shetty-ips-officer-karnataka-tribute/|title=RIP Madhukar Shetty: An Ode to The Fearless, Incorruptible & Compassionate IPS Officer|date=2018-12-31|website=The Better India|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-01}}</ref>

==Early life==
Shetty was the son of Kannada journalist Vaddarse Raghurama Shetty.
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/ips-officer-madhukar-shetty-no-710411.html|title=IPS officer Madhukar Shetty no more|date=2018-12-29|website=Deccan Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oneindia.com/india/karnataka-ips-officer-k-madhukar-shetty-no-more-2829004.html|title=Karnataka-cadre IPS officer Madhukar Shetty passes away in Hyderabad|last=P|first=Chennabasaveshwar|date=2018-12-29|website=oneindia.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-01}}</ref> Born on 17 December 1971, Madhukar completed his MA in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University , Delhi. He earned his PhD in Public Administration from [[Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy]], University at Albany, New York.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/hyderabad-ips-officer-madhukar-shetty-succumbs-to-swine-flu/articleshow/67292650.cms|title=Hyderabad: IPS officer Madhukar Shetty succumbs to swine flu - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-01-01}}</ref>

==Police service==
Shetty worked as ASP Bengaluru Rural district and later as SP of Chamarajanagar and Chikkamagaluru.

Shetty was an integral part of the team that exposed illegal iron ore mining in Ballari, the backyard of powerful mining baron Janardhan Reddy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/karnataka-ips-officer-madhukar-shetty-dies-of-swine-flu-in-hyderabad-5516999/|title=Karnataka IPS officer Madhukar Shetty dies of swine flu|date=2018-12-31|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-01-01}}</ref>

In 2006, when a group of 32 families was evicted from the Tatkola forest, allegedly on the orders of government officials, Shetty came up with the idea of allocating 64 acres of the land reclaimed from encroachers, on the edge of the Sargod Kundur reserve forest, to the families.

==Death==
Shetty was under treatment in Continental Hospitals, Hyderabad where he was being treated for Swine flu, and died on 28 December 2018 due to serious cardiac complications & still suspicious.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/ips-officer-madhukar-shetty-dies-at-47/articleshow/67293739.cms|title=IPS officer Madhukar Shetty dies at 47 - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-01-01}}</ref> The Karnataka state government instituted an inquiry to look into the death of Dr Shetty following suspicion from his friend and family that he didn't get adequate medical treatment.<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/medical-experts-to-look-into-ips-officers-death/article26959850.ece</ref>

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