Abhinav Kumar
The writer is a serving IPS officer. Views are personal.
Articles By Abhinav Kumar
A new deal for Kashmir
Constitutional concessions have failed to facilitate the Valley’s assimilation with India. The rules of engagement need to change
Soldiering on, after Pulwama
We are acutely aware of what is at stake in Kashmir. And that there is no easy way out
Central Armed Police Forces should continue to be headed by IPS officials
The Central Armed Police Forces are primarily a reserve resource for supporting state police. The leadership provided by the IPS to five of the BSF, ITBP, SSB, CISF and CRPF, is now being questioned.
Propaganda in an exit
In his resignation post, Shah Faesal invokes a narrative of Kashmiri victimhood that is at odds with the reality on the ground and filled with political posturing
A colder winter in Kashmir
The post-Pulwama narrative has been hijacked by separatists. Let it not distract from what is at stake in J&K.
Death of an SHO
UP has a dysfunctional criminal justice system. The mob lynching of a police officer underlines it
Battle at Bomdila
Winning this one is no feather in the cap for the Indian Army.
Crime and complicity
Gomti Nagar murder may not be related to UP police’s ‘encounter culture’. But it calls for introspection.
Smoke and errors
Punjab government’s approach to drug menace is counter-productive. Compulsions of electoral politics and demagoguery continue to trump common sense, decency and evidence about what doesn’t work.
Kathua’s inconvenient truths
Outrage over heinous crime cannot be a replacement for strengthening rule of law. Civil society must start — and sustain — a debate on the need for improving the quality of policing.
Rhetoric to reasoned debate
The SC order on Atrocities Act calls for a dispassionate discussion. At stake is not just the question of justice for victims of caste atrocities, but also the issue of due process and the rule of law.
With fear and favour
The Gudiya and Pradyuman murder cases should be a wake-up call for the entire IPS leadership of the country. We need to ask ourselves: Who do we serve and who do we protect?
Piercing the Panchkula haze
The states of India have simply not invested enough in the police. As a result, for anything more than a routine, local law and order problem, the states end up seeking assistance from the Centre. This is usually provided in the form of CAPFs, and in extreme cases, by the Indian Army.
The ineffective state
After the Delhi 2012 gangrape, outrage and breast-beating became the substitute for thoughtful analysis and policy-making. Let it not happen again, after the lynchings
Shooting the cop
Police should not be scapegoated for arrests in high-profile corruption cases
The constable’s lament
Outrage and disquiet following the video about food served to BSF jawans is understandable. But hype and hysteria cannot help resolve the issues it has flagged.
Before amending the law
The recent debate about the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act demands that changes must be seen in this context.
At Stake In Kashmir
Kashmir poses not just moral but also existential questions involving statecraft.
The Handwara Harbinger
Is this the beginning of another scorching summer of discontent in the Valley?
JNU: Freedom Of Screech
As a police officer, and citizen, I find JNU debate an assault on public interest
