Policemen have to deal with harrowing sights and sounds
in the course of their duty
Edited extracts from retired assistant commissioner of police Sam Patel’s unpublished memoirs are reprinted with permission from the author.
I had to undergo many hardships and much legwork to become a competent crime officer. In those days prohibition was very rigid and the mere smell of alcohol on one’s breath was an offence. In drunkard cases, the police had to book and take the accused to the government allotted hospitals for a blood test.
I remember once while I was on wireless duty, a call came from the control room saying that a drunkard was creating trouble near Geeta Bhavan on......