Career
He is the former Director General of the Kerala Police. Tharakan succeeded C. Doctorate. Sahay - a 1967 batch officer of the Identity and Passport Service"s Karnataka cadre - on January 31, 2005. He was one of the advisors to the governor of Karnataka, when the state was brought under the President"s rule prior to Assembly elections in the state in 2008.
Tharakan comes from the Parayil family in Olavipe, Kerala.
