![]() Tags A to Z Challenge Authors authors autobiography blogging Blogs Book Extract book launch Book Launch Book Reviews Books books Book Titles Characters Christmas CIA crime fiction debut novel editing Events Facebook fiction from India fiction writing Flipkart General Hinduism Historical Events historical fiction India Indian Army Indian Premier League Informal history Jawaharlal Nehru John F.Now these brands are playing catch up. Podcast Show: Prem Rao: Stories FromA Story Teller.Join 1,683 other subscribers premrao Tweets by premrao Catch Me on Instagram Mr Sharma’s book gives the reader insights into life in the police service, the hardships the common policeman and police officer face, and the challenges they come across on a daily basis as they battle terror, crime, and the like. These days we often talk of the deteriorating law and order situation. Overall, one gets the picture of a highly committed and conscientious Police Officer who was humane and tough depending on the circumstances. A porous border makes their tasks immensely difficult. He writes of the many challenges this large force faces in manning the thousands of miles of borders with hostile neighbors. His book gives details of these cases and his role and involvement in dealing with them.Īfter serving his full tenure as Commissioner of Police in Delhi, he took charge of the Border Security Force. It was also during his tenure that the attack on Parliament took place. During his period of office in the national capital, he was at the helm of affairs when the Hanse Cronje match fixing scandal took place and later when terror modules became active in Delhi supported and managed by the ISI. He later was selected to be the Commissioner of Police in Delhi, a rare posting in those days for one from another cadre. He was tasked by two Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh to get rid of specific notorious criminals. Mr Sharma’s competence at work is reflected in his being awarded the much coveted Presidents Police Medal for Gallantry twice in his career. He cut his teeth in the notorious Chambal Valley, and he writes about his experiences in the shadowy world of poverty, greed, informers, and sadists. This state of affairs was aggravated by the factors of caste and grudge feuds which went on for decades. Lawlessness and dacoity were so common that crime was a career option for many. In the initial years of his service, Sharma drew some very challenging assignments in the interior areas of the vast State of Uttar Pradesh, where the law and order situation was dodgy, at the best of times. ![]() He retired after 38 years meritorious service in 2004 as the Director General of the Border Security Force ( BSF). This book covers his memories of some of the most exciting and important events that took place in his career. Mr Sharma is of the 1966 batch of the prestigious Indian Police Service (IPS) and served largely in the Uttar Pradesh cadre. I was reminded of this when I read “Biting The Bullet” Memoirs of a Police Officer by Ajai Raj Sharma, IPS recently. This he believed would stir many a hornet’s nest amongst his erstwhile superiors, colleagues, and of course politicians of different parties, though a large number of them were dead and gone by then. He said he could not write anything other than the truth. His stock reply was that there were many things he could not talk about. A friend of ours who retired as Director General of Police in Karnataka was often asked why he didn’t write a book on his experiences in the police force.
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