onerous responsibility <strong>of</strong> being its Chief, joviallycalled the ‘Chief C.O.C.K’. We had no guardfile to refer to <strong>and</strong> the organization had no onewith experience to fall back upon, excepting <strong>of</strong>course our imagination. But everyone extendeda helping h<strong>and</strong>. Shri Narayanan was then theDIB <strong>and</strong> Shri Rajiv G<strong>and</strong>hi, the Prime Minister.The Intelligence <strong>Bureau</strong>, when it celebrates its125 th anniversary, has something to fall backupon, some record which they can refer to.There are also several <strong>of</strong>ficers with centenarycelebration’s experience, including the presentDirector Shri Nehchal S<strong>and</strong>hu. I wish him <strong>and</strong>through him, everyone serving the Organization,many anniversaries <strong>and</strong> many years <strong>of</strong> glory. Weshould remember that everyone cannot becomean intelligence <strong>of</strong>ficer. It should be a matter <strong>of</strong>great pride to have been given an opportunity towork for an intelligence organization. It shouldalso be a matter <strong>of</strong> great satisfaction to haveworked quietly, in total anonymity, contributingto national security, braving odds <strong>and</strong> risks <strong>and</strong>to have retired with grace, to live yet anotherlife <strong>of</strong> dignity <strong>and</strong> anonymity. My best wishesonce again to everyone serving the Intelligence<strong>Bureau</strong>.Just like that!AJITNINAN72The Indian <strong>Police</strong> Journal, October - December, 2012, Special Issue
My Unforgettable Yearsin the North-EastShri Prakash Singh, IPS (Retd.)My association - <strong>and</strong> fascination - for the northeaststarted at a very young age when I was stillan Assistant Superintendent <strong>of</strong> <strong>Police</strong>. I waspicked up by the Intelligence <strong>Bureau</strong> under the‘earmarking scheme’. It was the brain-child <strong>of</strong>B.N. Mullick, the then Director, Intelligence<strong>Bureau</strong>, under which top position holders fromevery batch were picked up for the IB. Mullickwas a colossus among the police <strong>of</strong>ficers <strong>of</strong> thosedays. He was held in great awe <strong>and</strong> esteem. Oncehe had earmarked an <strong>of</strong>ficer, there was no gettingaway from it. I was released for deputation to theIntelligence <strong>Bureau</strong>, Ministry <strong>of</strong> Home Affairs inDecember 1963.It would be interesting to place on record aninterface I had as a probationer with B.N.Mullickin the <strong>Police</strong> Training College, Morabadad onDecember 1, 1960. It so happened that the sevenIPS probationers, undergoing training, had beentaken to a scene <strong>of</strong> dacoity in the countryside.Here we were told by the instructor that thedacoits always came with their faces covered,but this fact was never mentioned in the FIR. Onthe contrary, it was always recorded by policethat the villagers saw the criminals <strong>and</strong> identifiedthem in the moonlight or in the light caused byburning <strong>of</strong> haystack. This fudging, we were told,was necessary to meet the requirement <strong>of</strong> law.What is laid down in theory <strong>and</strong> what is donein practice greatly agitated our young minds. Weknew it was wrong but we also knew that statingthe truth would mean letting the criminal getaway from the clutches <strong>of</strong> law. “Law is an ass”,we remembered.A few days later, Mullick arrived at Moradabad<strong>and</strong> was staying in the <strong>Police</strong> Training CollegeMess. We had dinner with him. At Mt. Abu,we had got into the habit <strong>of</strong> having frank <strong>and</strong>informal talks in the Mess with our senior<strong>of</strong>ficers. We told the DIB <strong>of</strong> our experience at thescene <strong>of</strong> dacoity <strong>and</strong> underscored the differencebetween the theoretical <strong>and</strong> practical aspects<strong>of</strong> police working. Mullick was an idealist <strong>and</strong>unfortunately did not appreciate our views. Heinsisted that police <strong>of</strong>ficers should be truthful,irrespective <strong>of</strong> the consequences <strong>of</strong> their actionon crime or criminals. Not that we were bereft <strong>of</strong>idealism, but we found his views impractical. Atthis stage, I committed the indiscretion <strong>of</strong> sayingthat we would then be, in Matthew Arnold’swords, “beautiful but ineffectual angels beatingour luminous wings in the void in vain”. Havingbeen a student <strong>of</strong> English literature, I was fond<strong>of</strong> quoting the great authors. Mullick, however,was not amused at the poetical reference. Theconversation ended abruptly <strong>and</strong> he left the Messin a huff. The next morning, he called QamrulHasan, Principal <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Police</strong> Training College,<strong>and</strong> said that he was greatly disturbed at theway the probationers had talked to him <strong>and</strong> wasworried about the future <strong>of</strong> the Indian <strong>Police</strong>Service. He even said that he had not been ableto sleep soundly the previous night. Mullick’sstature being what it was, the Principal wasupset. He called us to his room <strong>and</strong> wanted toknow what had actually transpired. We told himfaithfully the entire sequence <strong>of</strong> conversation.Fortunately for us, he understood our point <strong>of</strong>view better. Nevertheless, he advised us to becircumspect while talking to senior <strong>of</strong>ficers infuture.I served in the Intelligence <strong>Bureau</strong> for nearly adecade <strong>and</strong> had the good fortune <strong>of</strong> serving understalwart Directors like BN Mullick, MML Hooja,<strong>and</strong> Atma Jayaram. Two other <strong>of</strong>ficers who greatlyimpressed me by their intellectual brilliance wereAK Dave, an expert on International Communism,<strong>and</strong> KN Prasad, an expert on North-East. It wasreally unfortunate that neither <strong>of</strong> them couldrise to the rank <strong>of</strong> DIB, though they eminentlydeserved to occupy the high <strong>of</strong>fice.The Indian <strong>Police</strong> Journal, October - December, 2012, Special Issue 73
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