Devil’s Advocate continues ………….

When, at the end of a long police operation—full of near catches and close misses, sudden rushes of adrenaline and crushing feelings of disappointment—a dreaded criminal is arrested, a police officer experiences a feeling of overwhelming catharsis and euphoria. This feeling is hard to describe. It is a special feeling that perhaps no other profession can offer. I have been fortunate to experience this on a few dozen occasions. But, helping Manjeet Singh walk free gave me a different kind of high, and that too is difficult to describe. It was an ‘operation’ of a different kind that gave, with its success, a sense of satisfaction not experienced after apprehending big-time criminals.

It has been seven years since Manjeet Singh walked free. To this day, I receive an occasional phone call or a letter from him. Manjeet Singh, the killer of Bawa Gurcharan Singh, is now a full-time farmer, living in his village in Agra district— far from the madding crowd of crime and criminals.

Concluded……..

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