Mohammed Jahir Khan is a senior Fiji

Fiji

Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...

an police officer of Indian

Indians in Fiji

Indo-Fijians are Fijians whose ancestors came from India and various parts of South Asia, South-East Asia and Asia itself. They number 313,798 out of a total of 827,900 people living in Fiji...

 descent. As of January 2007, he holds the position of Senior Superintendent. He resigned from the Fiji Police force to take up his new post in Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands

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 as the new Police Commissioner

Police commissioner

Commissioner is a senior rank used in many police forces and may be rendered Police Commissioner or Commissioner of Police. In some organizations, the commissioner is a political appointee, and may or may not actually be a professional police officer. In these circumstances, there is often a...

 in May 2007, a position which he held until May 2008. He was reportedly asked to step down by Solomon Islands Prime Minister Derek Sikua

Derek Sikua

David Derek Sikua served as the ninth Prime Minister of Solomon Islands from December 20, 2007 to August 25, 2010. He is a member of the Solomon Islands Liberal Party.-Career:Sikua is from Ngalitavethi Village in Guadalcanal Province...

.

Upon Khan's departure from the Solomons, the Solomon Times reported that he praised RAMSI for its commitment, whereas ABC Radio Australia reported that he criticised it for its lack of consulting of the Solomon Islands Police Force.