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Tahir Ashraf also known as Tahair Ashraf Bhatti is Jammu and Kashmir UT cadre officer of 2004 batch. He currently serves as Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) CID Headquarters J&K.

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Tahir Ashraf is Jammu and Kashmir UT cadre officer of 2004 batch. He currently serves as Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) CID Headquarters J&K. He has also served as SP Cyber police Kashmir and SP Operations (Cargo) Kashmir. He has been awarded with nine Gallantry Medals besides Union Home Minister Medals for Excellence in Investigation 2018, Asadharan Asuchana Kushalta Padak 2020 and Parakram Padak (injured in action) 2019. The officer has also been decorated with CRPF India Director General Disc & Commendation three times, J&K Police Director General’s Disc & Commendation and Indian Army Northern Command GOC’s Commendation Medal. The officer is known for starting Cyber Policing in Kashmir in the year 2018 and his awareness campaigning thereof. Tahir Ashraf has been called out for initiating actions against journalists and associated reasons.

Early life
Tahir Ashraf Born on 1st of January 1980 In Surankote of Poonch district. Tahir is a second generation Police officer as his father also served in J&K Police for 40 years. Before joining State Police Services Tahir who is a law graduate from Jammu University was a Bank PO in Jammu and Kashmir Bank.

Career
Tahir Ashraf after completing his LLB from Jammu University joined Jammu and Kashmir Bank as Probationary Officer in 2003 and later left the Banking services and joined Police to pursue and fulfil his passion. He joined J&K Police as Deputy Superintendent of Police in 2004 after clearing J&K Combined Services Examination. He remained posted on various assignments throughout the erstwhile State of J&K now UT. Prior and post abrogation of Article 370 and 35-A the officer was posted on most important and sensitive assignment of SP Cargo and Cyber Police Kashmir. The officer was also in news in 2017 for being the chief investigating officer (CIO) of Shri Amarnath Yatra bus attack case in District Anantnag of South Kashmir. The officer not only cracked the case successfully investigated it in a record time and filed one of the exhaustive chargesheet in Terror Crime in Kashmir. He was awarded with Union Home Minister Medal for Excellence in Investigation for the same case. He has remained posted as DySP State Vigilance Organisation now Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) from 2012 to 2016 and investigated various high profile corruption cases.