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seen a strong Iathi-charge, would run away andthe agitation would fizzle out. DIB’s interjectionduring this otherwise ambitious monologueis worth recalling, “What are you talking? Oursenior officers have just the other day assessed thesituation in detail... violence will be so widespreadthat Assam administration would run out ofPolicemen to reach everywhere.., the number ofcasualties would run into thousands...?” It did nottake a month for the DIB to be proven right.Similarly, in 1989, Tripura went through asudden spurt in violence, spearheaded by theTripura National Volunteers (TNV) and directedagainst the Bengali speaking people of the State.As a way out, and in consultation with the thenPrime Minister, Shri Rajiv Gandhi, it was decidedto explore the possibility of secret parleys withthe then TNV, chief, B. K. Hrangkhawl. The TNVsupremo was then based in Bangladesh and waslocated next to a Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) campin Khagrachari (Bangladesh). The then DIB in hiswisdom decided to entrust the responsibility ofcontacting the TNV supremo, to me. I launchedmyself on this mission with a wireless set whichstopped working just 20 Kms inside Bangladeshand had to be left behind hidden in the forest,and a spring loaded camera with a declaredcapability of 6 shots, but an onground capabilityof only 3 shots for secret photography. However,these shortcomings notwithstanding, the projectwas launched. I remained missing for 3 days,reappeared in Agartala after 5 days and everyoneheaved a sigh of relief. The operation turned outto be a major success. The Intelligence Bureaudid manage to get Hrangkhawl into India andpersuade him into joining the mainstream alongwith his followers. This was another operation,solely negotiated by the Intelligence Bureau,which has stood the test of time, like the MizoramAccord.While on this subject, it would be worthwhilementioning the kidnapping of 15 officials inAssam, out of which12 belonged to the Centre/Central agencies, by the United LiberationFront of Assam (ULFA). Such was the faith ofthe then Prime Minister Shri Narsimha Rao inthe capabilities of the Intelligence Bureau, thathe reverted forthwith to Shri M K Narayanan,the then DIB, seeking assistance in the releaseof the kidnapped officials. The DIB recalledme from a training course abroad and askedme if I could try getting the kidnapped officialsreleased without any serious quid pro quo. Thisfeat was accomplished in a record time of 15days and negotiations with ULFA leaders abouttheir coming over ground and joining the mainstream, were the end product of these parleys.The success in this operation further endearedthe Intelligence Bureau to the Prime Minister.In all humility, I believe that all this would nothave been possible without the opportunitiesand support provided by the IntelligenceBureau. I only converted these opportunities intosuccesses. I am grateful to each and everyonein the Intelligence Bureau, to all my bosses, mycolleagues and all my team members.The Intelligence Bureau, as I have mentionedsomewhere earlier, was an organization withouta solid technical base till as late as the late 70’s.Credit must go to Shri T. V. Rajeswar for takingthe Intelligence Bureau out of the wirelessage and into the teleprinter age. This resultedin a communication upsurge, which helpedparticularly, the far-flung posts in the North-East.Then came Shri Rajiv Gandhi and the inimitableMr M. K. Narayanan. Mr Rajiv Gandhi wasquite impressed with the Intelligence Bureau’sachievements in the North-East, particularly theMizoram Accord, the Assam Accord and the TNVAccord. He had immense faith in the IntelligenceBureau in handling sensitive negotiations. Hewas further impressed when the IntelligenceBureau brought to Delhi, the entire leadershipof many under ground organizations, away fromthe prying eyes of the media.He did notice the Intelligence Bureau officialsgoing round their jobs sans publicity. I cannot forget my last meeting with him, in whichhe advised that the lB should not ignore theyoungest or even the simplest of groups ofmalcontents, operating particularly in the volatileenvironment of the North-East. The upshotwas the establishment of contact with Bodounderground leaders. He didn’t live to see thefructification of these parleys, but they climaxedin Shri Narsimha Rao’s time with the signing ofthe Bodo Accord between the Government ofIndia represented by Shri Rajesh Pilot, the AssamGovernment represented by Chief Minister ShriHiteshwar Saikia and five Bodo underground70The Indian Police Journal, October - December, 2012, Special Issue
leaders. This happened around the time when Iwas about to retire.Life is a continuous process of learning; onecontinues to learn literally till his last breath.Mr. Rajeswar was a man of great contacts, Mr.Narayanan an officer of nuts and bolts, a down toearth man, and Mr. Vaidya was a visionary, a manof great imagination. I learnt extensively from allthree of them. However, about imagining theimpossible and making it possible, I learnt onlyfrom Mr. Vaidya. Hats-off to all three of them.Till the late 70’s, women were not represented inthe Indian Intelligence. It was then that Renukamoved in as my Assistant Director. And when Ibecame Additional Director and Establishmentwas added to my charge for a brief period, Irecruited three girls who had just then finishedtheir Masters from Bombay University. Theywere desperate to join the Intelligence Bureau asthey wanted to do something for the nation, thenpassing through a difficult phase on the law andorder front. The Board, during interview, madethem aware of the difficult living conditionswithin the Intelligence Bureau, and still moredifficult postings. They were, however, firedwith patriotic zeal and were ready to savourany hardship for the sake of the nation. They leftthe Board with no option but to take them in asACIOs-Il, and what amazing results they producedwhile working in the Intelligence Bureau. OneACIO-Il, I used to call her ‘KK’, was utilized byme in the ULFA operations and there was nostopping her from producing results to an extentthat she received more than 30 rewards, bothcash and commendations, from a DIB as toughand as legendary as Mr. Narayanan. I am surethat even today, women officers can do wondersin the field of intelligence, provided the middlelevel leadership in the lB shows no hesitation inexposing them to risks which is the bread andbutter of any good intelligence officer.While having a lot of contacts in the field assuresone of the ability of on the spot verification andof being forewarned, a lot can be achieved inthe field of intelligence mainly through goodteam work. I am convinced no intelligenceorganization can flourish in officer-subordinatesyndrome. In intelligence organizations, youshould not be giving orders but you should bejoining shoulders with subordinates, in meetingan objective. Excellent results can be achievedonly when the lowest in the team has confidencethat all laurels would necessarily visit him,and that the senior most in the team wouldaccept responsibility for all failures. I am sure, Isucceeded in generating that level of confidencein my teams. Consequently, they ended up doingall the leg work and all the unpleasant work andI just shared their achievements.The Intelligence Bureau is an excellentorganization to live and work in. It is also awonderful organization in retirement, since itcontinues to treat you as a family member tillyour last breath. It contains excellent officers,for some of whom the word impossible does notexist. I personally knew two such ADs, includingthe one who is presently the DIB and Doval, theformer DIB. To both of them, no obstacle wasinsurmountable. Both Doval and Nehchal raisedexcellent teams of intelligence officers and I usedthem to the organisation’s advantage at the oddestof places. Twice we missed out on contact withthe underground leaders inside a foreign countryand twice the ACIOs-Il in our teams took a coverwhich took them deep inside, and contact wasre-established. It was a feat all the same, hiddensecurely from publicity and media glare-like mostof the Intelligence Bureau operations are.I am now retired for 20 years, of which 11years I have spent in Bhopal. I can’t envisageIntelligence Bureau not being around me. Theyhave looked after me in my happiness and in mygrief. I remember and deeply mourn the deathof Mr. Trikha who did spend some years in theIntelligence Bureau, though he finally retired fromthe State Police. What I remember most about hisillness were the last few days and nights that hespent in a nursing home in Bhopal. During thosedays and nights, it was only the lB officials whohelped Mrs Trikha by spending the nights anddays with him in the hospital. Even his funeralwas an exclusive lB affair.It has been 25 years since the IntelligenceBureau celebrated its centenary. For organizingthe centenary celebrations a committee wasconstituted at the lB headquarters, nicknamedC.O.C.K (Committee for Organsation ofCentenary Karyakram) and I was entrusted theThe Indian Police Journal, October - December, 2012, Special Issue 71
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From the Director’s DeskNew Delhi
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23rd December, 1887: TheJourney beg
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The agency more and more fine-tuned
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Page 71 and 72: My J&K ExperienceShri R.K. Kapoor,
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