B. B. Ashok *ar (also known as Tiger Ashok *ar) is a retired *istant Commissioner of Police credited with arresting several notorious criminals and the many police encounters in which he was involved trying to capture hardened criminals.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Police service
• 3 Honours and awards
• 4 In films and literature
• 5 References

Early life

Born in Parane village, Virajpet, Kodagu district of Karnataka state, he is the son of a coffee estate manager in Koppa-Chikkamagalur.

Police service

*ar joined the Karnataka State Police Service in 1977 and is credited with 18 encounters. While being a part of Special Task Force of Karnataka Police tasked to nab forest brigand Veerappan, Ashok is reported to have slain 13 accomplices of the brigand.

Ashok and his police team were in the news for the Kammanahalli encounter killing of history-sheeter Station Shekar.

*ar retired from service on 31 July 2012 and faces constant threat to his life from the criminal underworld.

Honours and awards

He won the President of India's Gold Medal three times and the gold medal of the Chief Minister of Karnataka once. Ashok was given the nickname of 'Tiger' by the Home Minister in 1984.

In films and literature

There are five Kannada movies made on his experience and adventures to date.

• Ama*ha (1989), with Ananth Nag acting as *ar
• Circle Inspector (1995), with Devaraj acting as *ar
• Deadly Soma (1998), with Devaraj as *ar
• Deadly-2 (2004), with Devaraj as *ar
• Mynaa (2013) with Sharath *ar acting as *ar

*ar has aut*d two books,

• Huliya Nenapugalu – ISBN:8128025856
• Bullet Savari – ISBN:9788128025860

References