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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|7|20|df=yes}} | | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|7|20|df=yes}} | ||
| birth_place = Devikulam, Munnar, [[Kerala]]<br/>present-day [[Idukki district]]<br/>[[Kerala]], [[India]]) | | birth_place = Devikulam, Munnar, [[Kerala]]<br />present-day [[Idukki district]]<br />[[Kerala]], [[India]]) | ||
| occupation = [[Indian Police Service]] | | occupation = [[Indian Police Service]] | ||
| alma mater = [[Madras Christian College]], [[Annamalai University]] | | alma mater = [[Madras Christian College]], [[Annamalai University]] | ||
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'''Walter Issac Devaram'''<ref name="WID">http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1968478/</ref> (born 20 July 1939) is a retired [[Indian Police Service]] officer. He served as the [[Director General of Police]] for the State of [[Tamil Nadu]]. | '''Walter Issac Devaram'''<ref name="WID">http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1968478/ {{Bare URL inline|date=April 2022}}</ref> (born 20 July 1939) is a retired [[Indian Police Service]] officer. He served as the [[Director General of Police]] for the State of [[Tamil Nadu]]. | ||
He was a former Army Officer before he sat for the IPS wherein he stood first in the order of merit. He curbed the Naxal menace with an iron hand during his stint as DIG/Vellore Range and Intelligence Unit Tamil Nadu Police. He led the joint forces set up by [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Karnataka]] Government to apprehend the forest brigand, [[Veerappan]].<ref name="tribune">{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20001018/main2.htm|title=SC grills govts on Veerappan|publisher=Tribune India|date=18 October 2000}}</ref> He also served as the vice chairman of the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/20/stories/2006022015580200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526191018/http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/20/stories/2006022015580200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 May 2007|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Star attraction at sports event |date=20 February 2006}}</ref> He retired from service on 31.7.1997<ref name = "WID"/> | He was a former Army Officer before he sat for the IPS wherein he stood first in the order of merit. He curbed the Naxal menace with an iron hand during his stint as DIG/Vellore Range and Intelligence Unit Tamil Nadu Police. He led the joint forces set up by [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Karnataka]] Government to apprehend the forest brigand, [[Veerappan]].<ref name="tribune">{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20001018/main2.htm|title=SC grills govts on Veerappan|publisher=Tribune India|date=18 October 2000}}</ref> He also served as the vice chairman of the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/20/stories/2006022015580200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526191018/http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/20/stories/2006022015580200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 May 2007|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Star attraction at sports event |date=20 February 2006}}</ref> He retired from service on 31.7.1997<ref name = "WID"/> | ||