Shantappa is currently posted in the Bengaluru Police Commissioner’s office and had earlier campaigned for public toilets on the Bengaluru-Tumakuru highway.
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Bengaluru: Police sub-inspector Shantappa Kurubara alias Shantappa Jademmanavar has cracked the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination by securing an all India rank of 644.
The UPSC results were announced on Tuesday.
Shantappa was a DH Changemaker in 2023 in recognition of his initiative to mentor children living in a migrant labour settlement in Bengaluru.
Current posted at the Sriramapura police station, Shantappa had earlier campaigned for public toilets on the Bengaluru-Tumakuru highway. When he got no response from authorities, he opened a mobile toilet at the Goraguntepalya junction. He got a transgender person to inaugurate it.
Shantappa started this campaign after his mother faced difficulty in finding a public toilet at the Goraguntepalya junction.
In the UPSC results, Aditya Srivastava secured the top rank nationally followed by Animesh Pradhan and Donuru Ananya Reddy in the second and third spots, respectively.
A total of 1,016 candidates have been recommended for appointment by the UPSC.