“I do not have a magic wand but my efforts have to be judged with sincerity and not through the prism of the past,” Mr. Sharma said. Describing his work as a “serious effort”, Mr. Sharma said that “one should refrain from fishing in the desert”. “I am going there tomorrow to be with my people and understand their pain and suffering and find a suitable remedy to their problems,” Mr. Sharma said. Mr. Sharma, who is originally from Bihar and was a Kerala-cadre IPS officer of the 1979 batch, held the country’s top-most post for a police officer from 2014 to 2016. Efforts had previously been made by successive central governments too, Mr. Sharma said.

Source: The Hindu November 05, 2017 12:11 UTC