Night of shame continues……

Coming back to the case, it was brought to my notice that the suspended bureaucrat had used some of his ill- gotten wealth to bankroll the outrage directed at me—both in the higher echelons of the media and in political circles. He joined hands with the political forces inimical to the Delhi Police and financed the protests to a large extent.  I cannot fully substantiate my allegation for my readers, but an insider privy to this conspiracy shared its details with me shortly before I retired. He rang me up, identified himself as a lawyer and insisted I meet him. During the meeting he confessed that he, with a few others, had been behind every complaint filed against me, at the behest of the dishonest bureaucrat. Of late, he had fallen out with the bureaucrat as the latter had played dirty with him. He wanted to let me know that a lot of money had changed hands between the dishonest public servant and the local political leadership of the day with my ouster being the ultimate goal.

(As we go to print, the bureaucrat has been compulsorily retired by the Government of India. Charges of corruption and extortion against him are some of the reasons cited by the government for this drastic measure. This restores my faith in karma and divine retribution.

Around this time, a nascent political party with its roots   in Delhi had lost steam and was gasping for breath after  its supreme leader, who had mass appeal, decided to call it quits. The December rape case provided the dying party with yet another opportunity to take to the streets to revive and reassert its existence. Its party workers constituted a major portion of the crowds demonstrating against the government of the day and demanding my ouster.

To be continued……