Pranam 1 Somewhere I read in the middle of the books for the sake of justice; was it a political case?; and he survived after the justice was delivered in the station? The Agatha Christie ABC book is simply that last case. Good to write a safe book. KR IRS 20322
On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 at 09:15, Rangarajan T.N.C. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ----- Forwarded message ----- > *From:* Chittanandam V R <[email protected]> > *To:* "" <> > *Sent:* Sunday, 20 March, 2022, 08:24:23 am IST > *Subject:* Fwd: Book Review by PPR > > > > > > [image: image.png] > > *Songs Of An Uncaged Parrot by Rajendra Shekhar;* > > * Published by Konark Publishers Pvt Ltd ; Pages 180;* > > *plus xii** ; Price Rs 295/-* > > * ********************************* > > *The world over there has a fascination for stories of “Cops and > Robbers”—we call it “ Chor Police”.* > > *How else can we explain the enduring presence of weavers of such tales > like Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie and G K Chesterton. Holmes, Miss Marple, > Father Brown, Feluda and Sambu are household names that have held readers > captive for decades.* > > *Close companion volumes to these are the memoirs and reminiscences of Top > Police officials. In the Indian context we have " Bullet for Bullet" by > Julio Ribeiro; "Let Me Say It Now" by Rakesh Maria and "The Paramount Cop" > by K.P.S.Gill.* > > *So we welcome the latest addition to this genre—a book of cases dealt > with by Rajendra Shekhar –a distinguished member of the I P S and a > former Director of CBI.* > > *Rajendra Shekhar was selected for the Indian Police Service (IPS), > Rajasthan cadre, in 1957. He served in the Central Bureau of Investigation > (CBI) for about 14 years in different capacities. He went on to first head > the CBI as the Director and then the Rajasthan state police as the DGP. He > has authored four books.* > > *The way a police officer approaches a case has always been an enigma to > those who are not part of the system.* > > *The book under review gives a glimpse into a few nail-biting cases > handled by an upright police officer. It also lays bare the emotional and > personal side of the author as he goes about solving the cases. > Interestingly, this book also throws light on how politicians use their > power to cage police officers and the author's courageous journey to rise > above all political pressures and take a stand for what is right.* > > *His first lesson in Tonk was to live up to the principle of his > DSP—Sunder Lal to accord priority to human life over hidebound adherence to > rules. The second case was of the murder and mutilation of a ten years old > boy in Udaipur.This earned for the author respect from the community.* > > *Shehkar had a small role in the Bofors case investigation as his college > mate Bhawani Singh got embroiled in the case. He notes that the Prime > Minister Chandrasekhar ‘slowed down the Bofors investigation because his > position depended entirely on the patronage of the Congress.* > > *Rajendhra devotes one chapter to the Punjab Terrorists hit list. He > enquired into the robbery of Rs 5.7 crore from the Punjab National Bank and > found out that all suspects were members of the Khalistan Commando > Force--this leads on to Bhindranwale and his accomplices.* > > *One interesting story relates to a dropping of sophisticated arms into > the river from the Yamuna bridge. Experts from the Naval Headquarters in > Mumbai failed to recover the arms but a team of local fishermen recovered > it since they were familiar with the shifting currents of the river.* > > *Quite absorbing is the account of the meeting of Indian and Pakistani > officials to deal with cross border crime and smuggling. The author met > his counterpart and learnt that he played cricket with him while in > college. He was Mr.Fazal Mahmood who was known as ‘Swing King’. He was > noted for his run-up which was fluid grace in motion, his delivery smooth > and razor-sharp. He was deceptive like an eagle stealthily swooping over > its prey. The talks were as smooth as possible with cricket as a mid-wife.* > > *The most interesting chapter of the book deals with the General Vaidya > case. How my favourite writer of mystery novels—Ken Follet played a crucial > role in finding out the murderer of Gen.Vaidya is revealed with gusto by > Shehkar.* > > *The three Generals spearheading the army action---Operation Bluestar > –were the Commander-in-Chief Gen.A.K.Vaidya, his deputy Lieutenant General > Sundarji and Major General K.S.Brar. The army’s action turned out to be a > messy affair. This eventually led to the assassination of Indira Gandhi.* > > *Gen.Vaidya retired and shifted to Pune. Adequate security arrangements > were not made. On the fateful night a black motorcycle appeared on the side > of Vaidya’s car and an assassin aimed and fired three bullets on the > General.* > > *Later the local police arrested two youths who had come to collect their > murder weapon from a lodge. Also the vehicle used by them.This was when Ken > Follet came to the rescue of the CBI. The flat used by the murderers in a > Pune suburb revealed a book by Ken Follet—“Triple”. In that book they found > the clinching proof needed---right there on the last page of the book was > the number DIB 1437 written in pencil. It was the number of General > Vaidya’s Maruti 800 car. After this the murderer Sukha spilled all the > details.* > > *A purely hilarious chapter is the "Tunnel to God" in which a Sadhu > intended to perform a Samadhi after which he would become enlightened. So > he allowed himself to be buried alive up to the neck. No policeman would > permit suicide and Rajendra kept a tight vigil and found that from the > mound on which Samadhi was to be enacted a secret tunnel had been dug > leading to a safe exit for the Sadhu. The Sadhu was sentenced to 18 years > in prison**.* > > *This is a very interesting book to all types of readers—students, > thriller fans and followers of history .* > > * P.P. Ramachandran.* > > ******************************************** > > > Chittanandam > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZopia0zep69dX4diA%3DChW9cEPNwbSyVurGhWVSL7dK3Bkw%40mail.gmail.com.
