Bengaluru: Late IPS officer and deputy director of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVNPA), Madhukar Shetty, passed away on Friday evening due to “dissection of thoracic aorta”, stated Founder chairman, Continental Hospital, Hyderabad, Dr Guru N. Reddy.
“Shetty was brought into Continental Hospitals with a fever and shortness of breath. He was taken to the emergency room, immediately incubated and put on the ventilator. He was then transferred to the ICU. Shetty was subsequently diagnosed to have dissection of thoracic aorta. After evaluation by a team of consultants, he was promptly taken to surgery where he underwent the Bentall procedure. Post operative, he continued to remain in a critical condition. He was treated with all possible interventions including ECMO Unfortunately, he succumbed to this catastrophic illness,” stated Dr Reddy in an official statement.
Madhukar’s body was brought to Bengaluru on Saturday morning and kept at the Police Training School, Yelahanka for officers and people to pay their last tributes to the departed IPS officer. Later his body was flown to Mangaluru from where it will be taken to his village in Udupi district for final rites.
The untimely demise of the 1999 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre has shocked the police department. “He was one of the brightest and most upright officers Karnataka police had. He withstood all pressures and worked fearlessly. We had handpicked Madhukar for the Lokayukta police team. I am shocked that he is no more. He was only 47 years old! This is no age to go,” said R.K. Dutta, former director general and inspector general of police.
ADGP (Prisons) N.S. Megharikh was one of the first officers to have posted his tributes to the late officer. “Madhukar belonged to the rarest of rare tribes of IPS officers. He was one of my dearest in service officers, who was professionally competent, and was tallest in stature as an officer and human being. His untimely demise is a rude shock and a personal loss to me,” said Megharikh.
“Madhukar was unique. He was always concerned about the lower rung personnel of the department. As SP, STF he fought for enhancing the diet allowance for the police personnel. Wherever he was posted he worked with the people and left an indelible mark as a humane officer. As probationer ASP, Kalaburagi (rural) he used to go around with the constables on their two wheelers to get a first-hand information about people’s problems. They don’t make officers like Madhukar anymore,” said Soumendu Mukherjee, IGP, Internal Security Division.
