V. V. Lakshminarayana | |
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Born | Vasagiri Venkata Lakshminarayana 3 April 1965 Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, India |
Other names | JD Lakshminaryana |
Occupation(s) | IPS Officer, Agriculturist, Social Worker |
Years active | 1990–2018 |
Political party | Jai Bharat National party |
Other political affiliations | Janasena Party (2019-2020) |
Police career | |
Department | Maharashtra Police Central Bureau of Investigation |
Service years | Indian Police Service, 1990-2018 |
Status | Retired voluntarily |
Rank | Additional Director General of Police |
Vasagiri Venkata Lakshminarayana popularly known as JD Lakshmi Narayana, is an Indian retired police officer and politician from Andhra Pradesh. He served as the Additional Director General of Police in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is known for leading the investigations like OMC Scandal, Emaar Properties, Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy Case, Satyam Scandal and Disproportionate Assets.[1][2] He had previously held the post of Joint Commissioner of Police of Thane, Maharashtra and before that as Inspector general of police Rank under Y-category security for dealing with high-profile corruption cases.[3][4] He contested from Visakhapatnam constituency in the 2019 Indian general election from Jana Sena Party. He has resigned from the Jana Sena Party in 2020.
Andhra Pradesh has provided 'z' category security to CBI Joint Director V.V. Laxminarayana, who is heading investigations into high profile cases, including an illegal assets case against YSR Congress party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy and the Sohrabuddin encounter case