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Farooq Khan

Sardar Farooq Khan (born 1955) is an Indian politician and former police officer who served with the Indian Police Service (IPS). He retired in 2013 as Inspector General of Police (IGP), Jammu and head of the Sher-I-Kashmir Police Academy at Udhampur. Khan is known for the creation of the Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) Special Task Force (STF) as well as being its first head in 1995; STF would later go on to be renamed as the Special Operations Group (SOG).

He joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2014 and was appointed the national secretary of the party in June 2015. He also served as the 32nd Administrator of Lakshadweep till July 2019. Following this he was advisor to governor Satya Pal Malik, after which he was an advisor to the first Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and currently holds the position. Provided by Wikipedia
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