Dear readers,

            I am happy to inform you that my first book, ‘All in the Life of a Cop’, was published last year and was received well by the readers. The book is available on Amazon for Rs. 350/-.

Following is the outline of the matter covered in the book: -

SOME NOTABLE COMMENTS

            “…(the book) is a riveting account of the trials and tribulations that Mr Thakur faced during his career. It picks up stories from his career and narrates them in a manner that is both humorous and poignant, bringing forth a multitude of dimensions that a police officer is subjected to in his life”.

Shri Sanjay Kundu IPS, Director General of Police, Himachal Pradesh

            “Brilliant! …… What a crispy narration yet understated. Having been a part of Onkar Thakur’s Journey for some part of his career, I feel delighted to read this book. I vouchsafe to the readers that the experience narrated here, besides being invaluable and interesting, is educating too”.

Sh. Tarun Shridhar, IAS (HP84). Former Secretary GOI, At Present Administrative Member Central Administrative Tribunal, Lucknow.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

The author is a retired officer of the Indian Police Service of Himachal Pradesh Cadre.
During his illustrious and eventful career, spawning over thirty-four years, he served as the District Superintendent of Police in several districts in Himachal Pradesh and retired from
Service on superannuation in 2010 in the rank of Inspector General of Police. He had investigated several high-profile and complicated cases successfully. He played a pivotal role in the
Computerisation of the Himachal Pradesh Police. After retirement from the Police, he worked with the IT giant Tech Mahindra for about three years as a Project Manager.

He has won several awards and medals, including the Police Medal for Meritorious Service in 1995, the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service in 2005 and the National award for e-governance 2009 (Bronze) by the Department of Administrative Reforms, Government of India.

His blogs and poetry are available on www.octhakur.com.

CONTENTS

            The work is not an autobiography. It is a first-hand account of cases and incidents which the author came across during his career and were outside the realm of the ordinary. A brief introduction is as follows:

1. The Spirited Probationer:                A trainee Police officer gets led into a piquant situation by his enthusiasm.

2. First Day First Show:           On the first day in the Police Training College, the officer has an unsavoury experience in a Police Station.

3. The Eunuch, Who Was Not! The gripping story of a Criminal masquerading as a eunuch who abused and killed a child in cold blood. While the trial court convicted him of the death penalty, the High Court acquitted him, and he vanished before the Supreme Court could tighten the noose around his neck.

4. A Perfect Plot:         Another unusual crime story successfully worked out by Police under the author’s stewardship.

5. A Brush with Gangsters:                  A lively narration of the author’s tryst with the criminal gangs operating in areas around Delhi-Ghaziabad borders.

6. An Unusual Self Promotion: A comic but real story of the author’s promotion to District Superintendent of Police.

7. Surviving a Rescue Operation:        A riveting account of how a Police Officer finds his job threatened while rescuing five villagers stranded on a small isle amidst a ravaging, flooded Bias river.

8. Hunting Down a Man-eater:            An enthralling story of hunting a leopard, who was declared a man-eater by the crowd.

9. Murderers at Large:            Unknown criminals murdered five persons, including a woman and her child, and made away with about 250 sheep and goats. Ironically, the Police failed to bring the murderers to book.

10. Revenge of the Man in Olive Green:          An army officer gets mistakenly roughed up by Police. He retaliates with the help of his brethren-in-arms.

11. A Governor’s Air-crash:    The intriguing story of an air-crash, in which Mr Surendra Nath, Governor Punjab, was killed along with twelve family members.

12. An Encounter with a General:       An ‘accidental’ encounter with a three-star when the author was going to Shimla.

13. CBI Raid on a Politician:   An absorbing account of the CBI raid on a famous politician at Mandi, when the author worked as the S. P. Mandi HP.

14. Wrath of a Judge:  Some acts of commission and omission were alleged against the author for non-registration of a case of rape in a Police Station after 14 years of the incident. It took ten years to clear himself of the disgrace.

15. The Murder by a Leopard?            An immersing account of a Murder case lays bare the intricacies and intrigues of an investigation.

16. A Mysterious Terrorist Encounter:            A thrilling story of an alleged terrorist encounter that turned out to be a made-up story.

17. Himachal CPMT Paper Leak Case:           As the caption suggests, it is an account of an investigation of a high-profile case, which will interest the layman and the professional alike.

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