Choices
Narrator One : I thought that after cracking the UPSC exam—and getting the IPS post—I’d fight for peace, service and justice for the rest of my life. But things are not going that way. By now, I have been transferred for nineteen times; my life has become nothing short of a puppet show! Working in this system might be delightful for those who have vended their integrity. Currently, I’m investigating the case of a journalist who was shot dead last month. When I went to the journalist’s home for interrogation, her mother said, “Since a few days before her death she seemed stressed. In fact, once she had confided in me that she was close to acquiring a vital piece of evidence. Apparently, it could have become a cause for the collapse of the government—which was formed by the ruling political party.” And now the things are coming to light as I’m being coerced by a political goon and my senior officers to stay away from the case. Since last week, I’m getting life-threatening phone ...