संवाद # 91: IPS officer Prakash Singh on anti-terror ops, Yogi Model, Babri, Kalyan Singh

Prakash Singh is retired IPS officer with an excellent track record of combating terrorism/insurgency in the most turbulent theaters of the country - Nagaland, Assam, Punjab, J&K, and (in the Terai area of) UP. He was Police Chief of two of the largest states of India – Uttar Pradesh and Assam, and also commanded India’s Border Security Force (BSF).

The Government of India, in recognition of his contribution to national security, awarded him the Padma Shri in 1991. A prolific writer, he has written six books and about 300 articles for the national dailies. Prakash Singh is also the architect of Police Reforms in the country. He was Member, National Security Advisory Board (2013-14). He is also Associate Fellow of the Joint Special Operations University (US).

0:00 A unique IPS career
1:30 Jotsoma operation as an IB officer
7:22 Chinese had trained Naga rebels
8:03 Bounty on Prakash Singh’s head
13:53 When Prakash Singh told his wife about death threat
15:02 BSF’s role in Punjab
16:08 When. KPS Gill asked Prakash Singh to clean up Mand
18:07 Relations with KPS Gill
19:14 Op Black Thunder Vs Op Bluestar
22:56 Letting Bangladeshi illegals cross into Pakistan
28:15 When Pakistanis blamed India for sending Bangladeshis
31:01 Fallout with Chaudhary Charan Singh for doing good work
38:30 Punishment for preventing Anti-Sikh riots in 1984 in Agra
41:46 Fighting ULFA & unpredictable Assam CM
45:38 Kalyan Singh gave full freedom to Prakash Singh to tackle mafia
47:34 Reasons for fallout with Kalyan Singh
51:11 A senior bureaucrat leaked secret intelligence report
53:15 Dharma sankat - Babri, Ram Mandir & argumentation with Kalyan Singh
56:38 Mulayam Yadav couldn’t have ordered Police to fire on Karsevaks
57:33 Police brutality on Uttarakhand protestors under Mulayam
59:07 Struggle for Police Reforms
1:01:52 When Army saved a Chief Justice from SP-BSP gundas
1:03:54 Simple police reforms that every state should do
1:06:06 Why Law order & Investigation should be separate but only at SHO level
1:08:53 Why Indian Police is so corrupt
1:12:18 Why Punjab is talking about Yogi Model
1:15:16 Why police reforms are most difficult
1:16:57 Hopes from Yogi Adityanath on police reforms
1:18:14 Benefits of Commissionerate system