Guwahati, Jan. 23: Retired Karnataka cadre Mizo IPS H.T. Sangliana has joined the BJP and is likely to contest the ensuing Lok Sabha polls from Karnataka. A senior Assam BJP leader said here today that Sangliana joined the party in New Delhi yesterday in the presence of party president Venkaiah Naidu.
He said though Sangliana would work for the party in Karnataka, his decision to join the BJP would inspire several others to join the party in his home state of Mizoram.
A 1967 batch IPS officer, Sangliana headed the high-profile Special Task Force to hunt down forest brigand Veerappan at his jungle hideout. Described as a ?supercop?, Sangliana?s image as an upright, honest and no-nonsense police officer inspired film directors to make three full-length feature films on him.