The job of the Police usually draws more brickbats than bouquets. Their position is always damned if you do and damned if you don’t. This is truer especially in today’s charged political atmosphere. But there are a few upright officers who irrespective of the pressures and pulls always manage to hold their own and to this league belongs Dr. Devarayapuram Ramasamy Kaarthikeyan, who as the head of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) cracked the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination case.
Star of Mysore Features Editor N. Niranjan Nikam caught up with the Super Sleuth Kaarthikeyan, 78, at the JSS Medical College Guest House, where the septuagenarian shared his experience of tracking down Rajiv Gandhi’s killers, his role as CBI Director, his stint in NHRC, his views about scams and scandals in the country. He also revealed that he does not celebrate his birthday but the whole world celebrates it on Oct.2. Excerpts...
